Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

Ben M. Chen

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583

Tel: (65)-6516-2289 ∞ Fax: (65)-6779-1103

Email: bmchen @ nus.edu.sg

∞ http://www.bmchen.net

∞ http://uav.ece.nus.edu.sg/˜bmchen

Education

▷◁ Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering , Washington State University, Pullman, USA, August 1991

▷◁ M.S. in Electrical Engineering , Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA, May 1988

▷◁ B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science , Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, July 1983

Professional Experience

▷◁ Provost’s Chair , April 2016–Present, The National University of Singapore, Singapore

▷◁ Head , September 2012–Present, Control Science Group, Temasek Laboratories, The National University of

Singapore, Singapore

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Director , July 2011–Present, Area of Control, Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Department of Electrical and

Computer Engineering, The National University of Singapore, Singapore

▷◁ Changjiang Guest Chair Professor , August 2010–August 2013, Nanjing University of Science and Technology,

Nanjing, China

▷◁ Professor , January 2005–Present, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of

Singapore, Singapore

▷◁ Associate Professor , July 1999–December 2004, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National

University of Singapore, Singapore

▷◁ Senior Lecturer , July 1996–June 1999, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore,

Singapore

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Lecturer , August 1993–June 1996, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore,

Singapore

▷◁ Assistant Professor , August 1992–August 1993, Department of Electrical Engineering, State University of New

York, Stony Brook, New York, USA

▷◁ Postdoctoral Associate , August 1991–August 1992, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,

Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

▷◁ Software Engineer , July 1983–March 1986, Software Division, South-China Computer Corporation, Guangzhou,

Guangdong, China

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Research Interests

▷◁ Linear Systems; Robust Control; Control Applications

▷◁ Unmanned Systems

▷◁ Financial Market Modeling

Membership in Professional Societies

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers) and IEEE Control Systems Society

▷◁ F ELLOW (2007) ▷◁ S ENIOR M EMBER (2000) ▷◁ M EMBER (1992) ▷◁ S TUDENT M EMBER (1989)

Awards & Honors

▷◁ Provost’s Chair , National University of Singapore, 2016

▷◁ Changjiang Guest Chair Professorship , Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, 2010

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Best Application Paper Award , 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Jinan, China, 2010

▷◁ Best Application Paper Award , 7th Asian Control Conference, Hong Kong, 2009

▷◁ Fellow of IEEE , Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, 2007

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Best Industrial Control Application Prize , 5th Asian Control Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2004

▷◁ Temasek Young Investigator Award , Defence Science & Technology Agency, Singapore, 2003

▷◁ IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award , Institute of Engineers, Singapore, 2001

▷◁ University Researcher Award , National University of Singapore, 2000

▷◁ Asian Young Scholars Award , The University of Melbourne, Australia, 1997

▷◁ Best Poster Paper Award , The 2nd Asian Control Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1997

▷◁ Teaching Commendation 2008/2009 , Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore


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Teaching Commendation 2002/2003 , Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore


▷◁ Innovative Teaching Award 1999/2000 , Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore

▷◁ Marquis Who’s Who in the World , 19th Edition, Marquis Who’s Who, USA, 2002

▷◁ Cardinal Yu-Pin Scholarship , Sino-American Amity Fund, Inc., New York, 1986–1991

▷◁ Presidential Scholarship , Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, 1986–1988

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Awards Won by My UAV Research Teams and Students

▷◁ Team AeroLion: Kangli Wang, Yijie Ke, Mo Shan (NUS), Xiang Li, Fei Wang (AeroLion Technologies)

Champion

Total Prize: CNY 100,000 in Cash

Category: Rotor-Wing Competition

The 3rd AVIC Cup — International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Anji, Zhejiang, China, 2015

▷◁ Team V-Lion: Jinqiang Cui, Hailong Qin, Yingcai Bi, Jiaxin Li, Menglu Lan, Mo Shan, Wenqi Liu

1st Runner Up

International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Aachen, Germany, 2015

▷◁ Team AP-Lion: Menglu Lan, Jiaxin Lin, Kaijun Liu, Shuai Wang, Mengmi Zhang

Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Performance Award (Gold), Best Theory of Flight Award (Gold),

Best Video Award (Silver)

Total Prize: SGD 8,000 in Cash and 5 Samsung Tablets

Category D2: Fully Autonomous

Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition, 2015

▷◁ Team LV-Lion: Yingcai Bi, Jiaxin Li, Wenqi Liu, Hailong Qin, Mo Shan

Overall Championship Award (Silver), Best Performance Award (Silver)

Total Prize: SGD 3,000 in Cash



▷◁ Limiao Bai (Sen Yan, Xiaolian Zheng, Ben M. Chen)

Best Student Paper Award

The 2014 International Conference on Financial Engineering, London, U.K., 2014

▷◁ Team AeroLion

Champion

International Micro Aerial Vehicle Competition, Delft, the Netherlands, 2014

▷◁ Fei Wang (P. Liu, S. Zhao, B. M. Chen, S. K. Phang, S. Lai, T. H. Lee, C. X. Cai)

Guan Zhao-Zhi Award


33rd Chinese Control Conference, Nanjing, China, 2014

▷◁ Team U-Lion: Kangli Wang, Yijie Ke, Kun Lin, Tao Pang

Overall Championship Award (Gold), Best Performance Award (Gold), Most Creative Award (Bronze)

Total Prize: SGD 4,000 in Cash and 5 iPads

Category E: Unconventional


▷◁ Team Q

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-Lion: Fei Wang, Swee-King Phang, Zizhang Ai, Wenqi Liu, Wei-Lian Mook

Overall Championship Award (Silver), Best Performance Award (Gold), Best Theory of Flight Award (Gold)

Total Prize: SGD 4,000 in Cash




▷◁ Team Q

2

-Lion: Kevin Ang, Jinqiang Cui, Peidong Liu, Shupeng, Lai, Dong Wang

Best Theory of Flight Award (Silver)



▷◁ Team NUS

2

T-Lion

2nd Place Overall (1st in Final Round)


Category: Rotor-Wing Competition

The 2nd AVIC Cup — International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China, 2013

▷◁ Team NUS 2 T-Lion

New Innovation Star Award


Category: Creativity Competition

The 2nd AVIC Cup — International UAV Innovation Grand Prix, Beijing, China, 2013

▷◁ Kangli Wang, Xiang Li, Di Deng, Hongyu Tian, Youyang Cheng

Overall Championship Award, Best Performance Award, Most Creative Award




▷◁ Kevin Ang, Fei Wang, Swee King Phang, Peidong Liu

Most Creative Award

Cash Prize: SGD 2,000

Category E: Unconventional


▷◁ Team GremLion

Finalist (of 9 selected among 144 teams from 153 countries)

DARPA UAVForge Challenge

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency & Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Atlantic, USA, 2012

▷◁ Sing-Jie Lee, Yuxiang Wang, Yi-Ling Tan, Sharon Ang, Shiyi Li

Overall Championship Award, Most Creative Award


Category D: Autonomous and Flying by Video


▷◁ Swee-King Phang, Jun-Jie Ong, Ronald Yeo

Best Performance Award


Cash Prize: SGD 1,000


▷◁ Tao Wang, Fei Wang, Li Liu

Best Theory Award




Editorial Work

▷◁ Editor-in-Chief , Unmanned Systems, 2012–

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Deputy Editor-in-Chief , Control Theory and Technology, 2013–

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Associate Editor , Science China: Information Science, 2015–

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Associate Editor , IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 2014–

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Editorial Board Member , Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2014–

▷◁ Advisory Board Member , International Journal of Automation and Logistics, 2014–

▷◁ Associate Editor , Frontier of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2010–

▷◁ Guest Editor , Mechatronics, 2011

▷◁ Guest Editor , Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2011

▷◁ Guest Editor , Journal of Control Theory and Applications, 2010

▷◁ Editor-at-Large , Journal of Control Theory and Applications, 2008–2013

▷◁ Associate Editor , Chinese Control Conference Editorial Board, 2008–2012

▷◁ Associate Editor , Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2007–2010

▷◁ Associate Editor , Journal of Control Science and Engineering, 2006–2009

▷◁ Associate Editor , Automatica, 2005–2008

▷◁ Associate Editor , Systems & Control Letters, 2004–2010

▷◁ Member of International Advisory Board , Kuwait Journal of Science & Engineering, 2003–2013

▷◁ Associate Editor , Control and Intelligent Systems, 2002–2007

▷◁ Associate Editor , Asian Journal of Control, 2002

▷◁ Guest Editor , Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2002

▷◁ Associate Editor , IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1999–2001

▷◁ Associate Editor , Conference Editorial Board, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1997–1998

Keynote, Plenary and Invited Speakers

▷◁ Semi-plenary Speaker , 2017 Asian Control Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, December 2017

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Keynote Speaker , 2016 International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, December 2016

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , ETAI 2016 Conference, Struga, Macedonia, September 2016

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 12th International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Xi’an, China, August 2016

▷◁ UAV Forum Speaker , 2015 Chinese Conference on Intelligent Equipment and Robotic Industry Development,

Guangzhou, China, June 2016


▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2015 China Trade about International Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Shenzhen, China, November 2015

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , The Commercial UAV Show 2015, London, U.K., October 2015

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Keynote Speaker , 10th International Conference on Conference on Computer Science and Education, Cambridge, U.K., July 2015

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 3rd Singapore-French Symposium, Singapore, February 2015

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Keynote Speaker , 10th International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Montreal, Canada, September 2014

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2014 Workshop on Distributed Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Dynamic Systems, Beijing, China, July 2014

▷◁ Plenary Speaker , 2014 Defence R&T Seminar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, May 2014

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2013 Workshop on Distributed Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Dynamic Systems, Beijing, China, July 2013

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2013 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Atlanta, USA, May 2013

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Plenary Speaker , SMi’s 12th Annual Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems 2012, London, U.K., October

2012

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2012 China Guidance, Navigation and Control Congress, Beijing, China, August 2012

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Keynote Speaker , 2012 Workshop on Distributed Coordinated Control of Dynamic Multi-Agent Systems, Beijing, China, July 2012

▷◁ Distinguished Robotics and Mechatronics Lecturer , Singapore Robotic Games, Singapore, February 2012

▷◁ Plenary Speaker , 2012 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles, Bangalore, India, February 2012

▷◁ Plenary Speaker , 23rd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, Canada, June 2011

▷◁ Plenary Speaker , 13th IASTED International Conference on Control & Applications, Vancouver, Canada, June

2011

▷◁ Semi-Plenary Speaker , 23rd Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Mianyang, China, May 2011

▷◁ Plenary Speaker , 29th Chinese Control Conference, Beijing, China, July 2010

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2nd International Conference on Control, Instrumentation & Mechatronic Engineering, Malacca,

Malaysia, June 2009

▷◁ Plenary Speaker , Unmanned Systems Asia 2009, Singapore, February 2009

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , 2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation & Logistics, Qingdao, China, September

2008

▷◁ Keynote Speaker , International Colloquium on Computing, Communication, Control & Management, Guangzhou,

China, August 2008


Plenary Panelists at International Conferences

▷◁ Forum Panelist , The Commercial UAV Show Asia 2016, Singapore, 2016

▷◁ Plenary Panelist , 35th Chinese Control Conference, Chengdu, China, 2016

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Plenary Panelist , 13th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore, 2014

▷◁ Plenary Panel Chair , 11th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, Taichung, Taiwan, 2014

▷◁ Plenary Panelist , 10th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Beijing, China, 2012

▷◁ Plenary Panelist , 8th Asian Control Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2011

▷◁ Plenary Panel Chair , 29th Chinese Control Conference, Beijing, China, 2010

▷◁ Plenary Panel Chair , 27th Chinese Control Conference, Kunming, China, 2008

▷◁ Plenary Panel Chair , 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Education, Kaifeng, China, 2008

▷◁ Plenary Panelist , 26th Chinese Control Conference, Zhangjiajie, China, 2007

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Plenary Panelist , 1st International Conference on Computer Science and Education, Xiamen, China, 2006

Publications

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ONOGRAPHS

1. X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Stock Market Modeling and Forecasting: A System Adaptation Approach , Springer,

New York, 2013 ( Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Series , 161 pages, ISBN 978-1-4471-

5154-8).

2. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and B. Wang, Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems , Tsinghua University Press, Beijing,

2012 (Chinese edition; 203 pages, ISBN 978-7-302-29388-0).

3. G. Cai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems , Springer, New York, 2011 ( Advances in

Industrial Control Series , 267 pages, ISBN 978-0-85729-634-4).

4. B. M. Chen and B. Xi, H

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Control and Its Applications , Science Press, Beijing, 2010 ( Systems and Control

Series , Chinese Edition; 345 pages, ISBN 978-7-03-028742-7).

5. B. M. Chen, Z. Lin and Y. Shamash, Linear Systems Theory: A Structural Decomposition Approach , Tsinghua

University Press, Beijing, 2008 (Chinese edition translated by Bin Xi; 340 pages, ISBN 978-7-302-16367-1).

6. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, K. Peng and V. Venkataramanan, Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems , 2nd Edition, Springer,

New York, 2006 ( Advances in Industrial Control Series , 310 pages, ISBN 1-84628-304-3).

7. B. M. Chen, Z. Lin and Y. Shamash, Linear Systems Theory: A Structural Decomposition Approach , Birkh¨auser,

Boston, 2004 ( Control Engineering Series , 415 pages, ISBN 0-81763-779-6).

8. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and J. Chen, Creating Web-Based Laboratories , Springer, New York, 2004 ( Advanced

Information and Knowledge Processing Series , 300 pages, ISBN 1-85233-837-7).

9. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and V. Venkataramanan, Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems , Springer, New York, 2002

( Advances in Industrial Control Series , 273 pages, ISBN 1-85233-500-9).


10. B. M. Chen, Robust and H

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Control , Springer, New York, 2000 ( Communications and Control Engineering

Series , 446 pages, ISBN 1-85233-255-7).

11. B. M. Chen, H ∞ Control and Its Applications , Springer, New York, 1998 ( Lecture Notes in Control and

Information Sciences Series , 351 pages, ISBN 1-85233-026-0).

12. A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and B. M. Chen, H

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Optimal Control , Prentice Hall, London, 1995 ( Systems and Control

Engineering Series , 471 pages, ISBN 0-13-489782-X).

13. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen and P. Sannuti, Loop Transfer Recovery: Analysis and Design , Springer, New York, 1993

( Communications and Control Engineering Series , 352 pages, ISBN 0-387-19831-8/ISBN 3-540-19831-8).

B. T EXTBOOKS

1. C. C. Ko and B. M. Chen, Basic Circuit Analysis for Electrical Engineering , Prentice Hall, Singapore, 2nd

Edition, 1998 (342 pages, ISBN 981-4024-39-2).

2. C. C. Ko and B. M. Chen, Basic Circuit Analysis for Electrical Engineering , Prentice Hall, Singapore, 1996

(304 pages, ISBN 981-3076-01-1).

C. J OURNAL P UBLICATIONS

1. Y. Liu, K. Peng, Y. Lu and B. M. Chen, “Flight control law using composite nonlinear feedback technique for a Mars airplane,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics , in press.

2. J. Q. Cui, S. Lai, X. Dong and B. M. Chen, “Autonomous navigation of UAV in foliage environment,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems , in press.

3. S. Lai, K. Wang, H. Qin, J. Q. Cui and B. M. Chen, “A robust online path planning approach in cluttered environments for micro rotorcraft drones,” Control Theory and Technology , Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 83–96,

February 2016.

4. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. Peng, X. Dong, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Vision-aided estimation of attitude, velocity, and inertial measurement bias for UAV stabilization,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems , Vol. 81, pp.

531–549, March 2016.

5. J. Q. Cui, S. K. Phang, K. Z. Y. Ang, F. Wang, X. Dong, Y. Ke, S. Lai, K. Li, X. Li, J. Lin, P. Liu, T. Pang,

K. Wang, Z. Yang, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Cooperative search and rescue using multiple drones in post-disaster situation,” Unmanned Systems , Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 83–96, February 2016.

6. S. K. Phang, S. Lai, F. Wang, M. Lan and B. M. Chen, “Systems design and implementation with jerk-optimized trajectory generation for UAV calligraphy,” Mechatronics , Vol. 30, pp. 65–75, September 2015.

7. L. Bai, S. Yan, X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, “Market turning points forecasting using wavelet analysis,” Physica

A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications , Vol. 437, pp. 184–197, May 2015.

8. K. Z. Y. Ang, J. Cui, T. Pang, K. Li, K. Wang, Y. Ke and B. M. Chen, “Design and implementation of a thrustvectored unmanned tail-sitter with reconfigurable wings,” Unmanned Systems , Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 143–162,

April 2015.

9. S. Zhao, Z. Hu, M. Yin, K. Z. Y. Ang, P. Liu, F. Wang, X. Dong, F. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “A robust real-time vision system for autonomous cargo transfer by an unmanned helicopter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 1210–1219, February 2015.


10. F. Wang, P. Liu, S. Zhao, B. M. Chen, S. K. Phang, S. Lai, T. Pang, B. Wang, C. Cai and T. H. Lee, “Development of an unmanned helicopter for vertical replenishment,” Unmanned Systems , Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 63–87,

January 2015.

11. A. Karimoddini, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Hierarchical hybrid modeling and control of an unmanned helicopter,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 87, No. 9, pp. 1779–1793, September 2014.

12. X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, “Identification of stock market forces in the system adaptation framework,” Information Sciences , Vol. 265, pp. 105–122, May 2014.

13. S. K. Phang, K. Li, K. H. Yu, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Systematic design and implementation of a micro unmanned quadrotor system,” Unmanned Systems , Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 121–141, April 2014.

14. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Finite-time stabilization of cyclic formations using bearing-only measurements,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 87, No. 4, pp. 715–727, April 2014.

15. S. Zhao, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Optimal deployment of mobile sensors for target tracking in 2D and 3D spaces,” IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica , Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 24–30, January 2014.

16. Y. Sun, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Bisimilarity enforcing supervisory control for deterministic specifications,”

Automatica , Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 287–290, January 2014.

17. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Distributed control of angle-constrained circular formation using bearing-only measurements,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 12–24, January 2014.

18. G. Cheng, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Discrete-time mode switching control with application to a

PMSM position servo system,” Mechatronics , Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. 1191–1201, December 2013.

19. X. Liu, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Structural controllability of switched linear systems,” Automatica , Vol. 49,

No. 12, pp. 3531–3537, December 2013.

20. R. Chisholm, J. Q. Cui, S. K. Y. Lum and B. M. Chen, “UAV LiDAR for below-canopy forest surveys,” Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems , Vol. 1, pp. 61–68, November 2013.

21. F. Wang, J. Q. Cui, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “A comprehensive UAV indoor navigation system based on vision optical flow and laser FastSLAM,” Acta Automatica Sinica , Vol. 39, No. 11, pp. 1889–1900, November

2013.

22. F. Lin, K. Z. Y. Ang, F. Wang, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, B. Yang, M. Dong, X. Dong, J. Cui, S. K. Phang, B.

Wang, D. Luo, K. Peng, G. Cai, S. Zhao, M. Yin and K. Li, “Development of an unmanned coaxial rotorcraft for the DARPA UAVForge Challenge,” Unmanned Systems , Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 211–245, October 2013.

23. S. Zhao, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Optimal sensor placement for target localization and tracking in 2D and

3D,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 86, No. 10, pp. 1687–1704, October 2013.

24. M. Zhu, S. Lai, R. Boucher, B. M. Chen, C. Xiang and W. Kang, “Minimum time trajectory for helicopter

UAVs: computation and flight test,” Applied Mathematical Sciences , Vol. 7, No. 130, pp. 6475–6487, September 2013.

25. A. Karimoddini, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “A bumpless hybrid supervisory control algorithm for the formation of unmanned helicopters,” Mechatronics , Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 677–688, September 2013.

26. K. Peng and B. M. Chen, “Variant-factor technique for tracking control of a class of nonlinear systems with input saturation,” Control and Intelligent Systems , Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 169–177, July 2013.


27. A. Karimoddini, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Hybrid 3-D formation control for unmanned helicopters,”

Automatica , Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 424–433, February 2013.

28. X. Liu, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Graph-theoretic characterisations of structural controllability for multi-agent system with switching topology,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 222–231, February

2013.

29. G. Cai, B. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of a flight control system for an unmanned rotorcraft using RPT control approach,” Asian Journal of Control , Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 95–119,

January 2013.

30. Y. Sun, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, “An input-output simulation approach to controlling multi-affine systems for linear temporal logic specifications,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 85, No. 10, pp. 1464–1476, October

2012.

31. X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, “Modeling and forecasting of stock markets under a system adaptation framework,”

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity , Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 641–674, September 2012.

32. F. Lin, X. Dong, B. M. Chen, K. Y. Lum and T. H. Lee, “A robust real-time embedded vision system on an unmanned rotorcraft for ground target following,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 1038–1049, February 2012.

33. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and K. Y. Lum, “Comprehensive nonlinear modeling of a miniature unmanned helicopter,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society , Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 012004-1–13, January 2012.

34. F. Wang, S. K. Phang, J. J. Ong, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and construction methodology of an indoor

UAV system with embedded vision,” Control and Intelligent Systems , Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 22–32, January 2012.

35. B. Yun, G. Cai, B. M. Chen, K. Peng and K. Y. Lum, “GPS signal enhancement and attitude determination for a mini and low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle,” Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control , Vol.

33, No. 6, pp. 665–682, August 2011.

36. A. Karimoddini, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Hybrid formation control of the autonomous helicopters,”

Mechatronics , Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 886–898, August 2011.

37. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, X. Dong and T. H. Lee, Design and implementation of a robust and nonlinear flight control system for an unmanned helicopter, Mechatronics , Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 803–820, August 2011.

38. X. Liu, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, Null controllability of planar bimodal piecewise linear systems, International

Journal of Control , Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 766–782, April 2011.

39. X. Dong, B. M. Chen, G. Cai, H. Lin and T. H. Lee, “A comprehensive real-time software system for flight coordination and cooperative control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles,” International Journal of Robotics and Automation , Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 49–63, February 2011.

40. G. Cheng, B. M. Chen, K. Peng and T. H. Lee, “A Matlab toolkit for composite nonlinear feedback control – improving transient response in tracking control,” Journal of Control Theory and Applications , Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 271–279, August 2010.

41. W. Lan, C. K. Thum and B. M. Chen, “A hard disk drive servo system design using composite nonlinear feedback control with optimal nonlinear gain tuning methods,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics ,

Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 1735–1745, May 2010.


42. C. K. Thum, C. Du, B. M. Chen, E. H. Ong and K. P. Tan, “A unified control scheme for combined seeking and track-following of a hard disk drive servo system,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology , Vol.

18, No. 2, pp. 294–306, March 2010.

43. G. Cai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “An overview on development of miniature unmanned rotorcraft systems,”

Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in China , Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1–14, March 2010.

44. B. Yun, B. M. Chen, K. Y. Lum and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of a leader-follower formation flight control system for unmanned helicopters,” Journal of Control Theory and Applications , Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 61–68, February 2010.

45. C. K. Thum, C. Du, F. L. Lewis, B. M. Chen and E. H. Ong, “ H

∞ disturbance observer design for high precision track-following in hard disk drives,” IET Control Theory & Applications , Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 1591–

1598, December 2009.

46. F. Lin, K. Y. Lum, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Development of a vision-based ground target detection and tracking system for a small unmanned helicopter,” Science in China – Series F: Information Sciences , Vol. 52,

No. 11, pp. 2201–2215, November 2009.

47. C. K. Pang, Y. Lu, C. Chen, J. Chen, H. Zhu, J. Yang, J. Mou, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design, fabrication, sensor fusion, and control of a micro X-Y stage media platform for probe-based storage systems,”

Mechatronics , Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 1158–1168, October 2009.

48. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and M. Dong, “Design and implementation of a hardware-in-the-loop simulation system for small-scale UAV helicopters,” Mechatronics , Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 1057–1066, October 2009.

49. C. K. Pang, S. C. Tam, G. Guo, B. M. Chen, F. L. Lewis, T. H. Lee and C. Du, “Improved disturbance rejection with online adaptive pole-zero compensation on a Φ -shaped PZT active suspension,” Microsystem Technologies , Vol. 15, Nos. 10–11, pp. 1499–1508, October 2009.

50. K. Peng, G. Cai, B. M. Chen, M. Dong, K. Y. Lum and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of an autonomous flight control law for a UAV helicopter,” Automatica , Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 2333–2338, October

2009.

51. X. Liu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Assignment of complete structural properties of linear systems via sensor selection,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 54, No. 9, pp. 2072–2086, September 2009.

52. J. Gadewadikar, F. L. Lewis, K. Subbarao, K. Peng and B. M. Chen, “H-infinity static output-feedback control for rotorcraft,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems , Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 629–646, April 2009.

53. C. K. Thum, C. Du, B. M. Chen, E. H. Ong and K. P. Tan, “Mid-frequency runout compensation in hard disk drives via a time-varying group filtering scheme,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics , Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 4769–4779, December 2008.

54. G. Cai, F. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Systematic design methodology and construction of UAV helicopters,” Mechatronics , Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 545–558, December 2008.

55. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, K. Peng, M. Dong and T. H. Lee, “Comprehensive modeling and control of the yaw channel of a UAV helicopter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , Vol. 55, No. 9, pp. 3426–3434,

September 2008.


56. C. K. Thum, C. Du, J. Zhang, K. P. Tan, B. M. Chen and E. H. Ong, “Servo control design for a high TPI servo track writer with microactuators,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics , Vol. 44, No. 9, pp. 2227–2234, September

2008.

57. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and F. L. Lewis, “Explicit constructions of global stabilization and nonlinear H

∞ control laws for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear multivariable systems,” International Journal of Robust and

Nonlinear Control , Vol. 18, No. 12, pp. 1257–1284, August 2008.

58. J. Gadewadikar, F. L. Lewis, K. Subbarao and B. M. Chen, “Structured H ∞ command and control loop design for unmanned helicopters,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics , Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 1093–1102,

July-August 2008.

59. W. Lan and B. M. Chen, “Explicit constructions of global stabilization and nonlinear H

∞ control laws for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear systems,” Automatica , Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 738–744, March 2008.

60. B. M. Chen, X. Liu and Z. Lin, “Interconnection of Kronecker canonical form and special coordinate basis of multivariable linear systems,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 28–33, January 2008.

61. X. Liu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Further results on structural assignment of linear systems via sensor selection,”

Automatica , Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 1631–1639, September 2007.

62. M. Dong, B. M. Chen, G. Cai and K. Peng, “Development of a real-time onboard and ground station software system for a UAV helicopter,” AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication ,

Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 933–955, August 2007.

63. Y. He, B. M. Chen and W. Lan, “On improving transient performance in tracking control for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with input saturation,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 52, No. 7, pp. 1307–1313, July 2007.

64. M. He, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “Structural decomposition and its properties of linear multivariable singular systems,” Journal of Systems Science and Complexity , Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 198–214, June 2007.

65. C. K. Pang, F. L. Lewis, S. S. Ge, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Singular perturbation control for vibration rejection in HDDs using a PZT active suspension as fast subsystem observer,” IEEE Transactions on

Industrial Electronics , Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 1375–1386, June 2007.

66. C. K. Pang, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Enhanced disturbance suppression in sampled-data systems and its application to high density data storage servos,” Microsystem Technologies , Vol. 13, Nos. 8-10, pp. 911–

921, May 2007.

67. C. K. Pang, W. E. Wong, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Nonrepeatable run-out rejection using online iterative control for high-density storage,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics , Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 2029–2037,

May 2007.

68. G. Cheng, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Improving transient performance in tracking general references using composite nonlinear feedback control and its application to XY-table positioning mechanism,” IEEE

Transactions on Industrial Electronics , Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 1039–1051, April 2007.

69. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Improvement of transient performance in tracking control for discrete-time systems with input saturation and disturbances,” IET Control Theory & Applications , Vol. 1,

No. 1, pp. 65–74, January 2007.


70. Y. He, B. M. Chen and C. Wu, “Improving transient performance in tracking control for linear multivariable discrete-time systems with input saturation,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 25–33, January

2007.

71. X. Liu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Symbolic realization of asymptotic time-scale and eigenstructure assignment design method in multivariable control,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 79, No. 11, pp. 1471–1484,

November 2006.

72. S. Lu, B. M. Chen and C. C. Ko, “A partition approach for the restoration of camera images of plannar and curled document,” Image and Vision Computing , Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 837–848, August 2006.

73. C. K. Pang, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Self-sensing actuator for nanopositioning and active damping in dual-stage HDDs,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics , Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 328–338, June 2006.

74. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and Z. Ding, “Adaptive estimation and rejection of unknown sinusoidal disturbances through measurement feedback for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear MIMO systems,” International

Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing , Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 77–97, March 2006.

75. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and Y. He, “On improvement of transient performance in tracking control for a class of nonlinear systems with input saturation,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 132–138, February

2006.

76. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, J. P. Chen, J. Zhang and K. C. Tan, “A web-based laboratory on control of a two-degreeof-freedom helicopter,” International Journal of Engineering Education , Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 1017–1030,

November 2005.

77. G. Cheng, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “A microdrive track following controller design using robust and perfect tracking control with nonlinear compensation,” Mechatronics , Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 933–948, October

2005.

78. K. Peng, B. M. Chen, G. Cheng and T. H. Lee, “Modeling and compensation of nonlinearities and friction in a micro hard disk drive servo system with nonlinear feedback control,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems

Technology , Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 708–721, September 2005.

79. X. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “Linear systems toolkit in M ATLAB : Structural decompositions and their applications,” Journal of Control Theory & Applications , Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 287–294, August 2005.

80. Y. He, B. M. Chen and C. Wu, “Composite nonlinear control with state and measurement feedback for general multivariable systems with input saturation,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 455–469, May

2005.

81. S. Lu, B. M. Chen and C. C. Ko, “Perspective rectification of document images using fuzzy set and morphological operations,” Image and Vision Computing , Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 541–553, May 2005.

82. K. Peng, B. M. Chen, G. Cheng and T. H. Lee, “Friction and nonlinearity compensation in hard disk drive servo systems using robust composite nonlinear feedback control,” Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics

Engineering , Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 81–90, January 2005.

83. K. Peng, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and V. Venkataramanan, “Design and implementation of a dual-stage actuated

HDD servo system via composite nonlinear control approach,” Mechatronics , Vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 965-988,

September 2004.


84. Y.-Y. Cao, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “An output feedback H

∞ controller design for linear systems subject to sensor nonlinearities,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications ,

Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 914–921, July 2003.

85. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, K. Peng and V. Venkataramanan, “Composite nonlinear feedback control for linear systems with input saturation: Theory and an application,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 48,

No. 3, pp. 427–439, March 2003.

86. X. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “On the problem of general structural assignments of linear systems through sensor/actuator selection,” Automatica , Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 233–241, February 2003.

87. V. Venkataramanan, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Discrete-time composite nonlinear feedback control with an application in design of a hard disk drive servo system,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems

Technology Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 16–23, January 2003.

88. M. He and B. M. Chen, “Structural decomposition of linear singular systems: The single-input and singleoutput case,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 327–334, November 2002.

89. V. Venkataramanan, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and G. Guo, “A new approach to the design of mode switching control in hard disk drive servo systems,” Control Engineering Practice , Vol. 10, No. 9, pp. 925–939, September

2002.

90. T. Hu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Analysis and design for linear discrete-time systems subject to actuator saturation and disturbance,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 97–112, February 2002.

91. T. Hu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “An analysis and design method for linear systems subject to actuator saturation and disturbance,” Automatica , Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 351–359, February 2002.

92. B. M. Chen, Z. Lin and K. Liu, “Robust and perfect tracking of discrete-time systems,” Automatica , Vol. 38,

No. 2, pp. 293–299, February 2002.

93. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, S. Y. Hu, V. Ramakrishnan, C. D. Cheng, Y. Zhuang and J. Chen, “A web-based virtual laboratory on a frequency modulation experiment,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics —

Part C: Applications and Reviews , Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 295–303, August 2001.

94. Z. Li, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Optimal control design to achieve highest track-per-inch in hard disk drives,” Journal of Information Storage and Processing Systems , Vol. 3, No. 1-2, pp. 27–41, April 2001.

95. T. B. Goh, Z. Li, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and T. Huang, “Design and implementation of a hard disk drive servo system using robust and perfect tracking approach,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology , Vol.

9, No. 2, pp. 221–233, March 2001.

96. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Zhuang and K. C. Tan, “Development of a Web-based laboratory for control experiments on a coupled tank apparatus,” IEEE Transactions on Education , Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 76–86,

February 2001.

97. K. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “On the problem of robust and perfect tracking for linear systems with external disturbances,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 158–174, January 2001.

98. B. M. Chen, I. M. Y. Mareels, Y. F. Zheng and C. Zhang, “Solutions to disturbance decoupling problem with constant measurement feedback for linear systems,” Automatica , Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1717–1724, November

2000.


99. Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Solutions to general H

∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem with measurement feedback and internal stability for discrete-time systems,” Automatica , Vol. 36, No. 8, pp. 1103–1122, August

2000.

100. B. M. Chen, K. Liu and Z. Lin, “Solvability conditions and solutions to perfect regulation problem under measurement output feedback,” Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 269–277, July 2000.

101. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, S. H. Chen, V. Ramakrishnan, R. Chen, S. Y. Hu and Y. Zhuang, “A large scale webbased virtual oscilloscope laboratory experiment,” IEE Engineering Science and Education Journal , Vol. 9, No.

2, pp. 69–76, April 2000.

102. B. C. Siew, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of a robust controller for a free gyrostabilized mirror system,” ASME Transactions – Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control , Vol.

121, No. 3, pp. 550–556, September 1999.

103. Z. Lin, X. Bao and B. M. Chen, “Further results on almost disturbance decoupling with global asymptotic stability for nonlinear systems,” Automatica , Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 709–717, April 1999.

104. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, C. C. Hang, Y. Guo and S. Weerasooriya, “An H ∞ almost disturbance decoupling robust controller design for a piezoelectric bimorph actuator with hysteresis,” IEEE Transactions on Control

Systems Technology , Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 160–174, March 1999.

105. B. M. Chen, J. He and Y.-L. Chen, “Explicit solvability conditions for general discrete-time H

∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem with internal stability,” International Journal of Systems Science , Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 105–115, January 1999.

106. B. M. Chen, “Direct computation of infimum in discrete-time H ∞ -optimization using measurement feedback,”

Systems & Control Letters , Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 269–278, December 1998.

107. B. M. Chen, “On properties of the special coordinate basis of linear systems,” International Journal of Control ,

Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 981–1003, December 1998.

108. B. M. Chen, Z. Lin and C. C. Hang, “Design for general H

∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem with measurement feedback and internal stability – An eigenstructure assignment approach,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 653–685, November 1998.

109. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Simultaneous H

2

/H ∞ optimal control for discrete-time systems:

The state feedback case,” Control Theory & Applications , Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 217–225, April 1998.

110. B. M. Chen and S. R. Weller, “Mappings of the finite and infinite zero structures and invertibility structures of general linear multivariable systems under the bilinear transformation,” Automatica , Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 111–

124, January 1998.

111. B. M. Chen, “Exact computation of infimum for a class of continuous-time H ∞ optimal control problem with a nonzero direct feedthrough term from the disturbance input to the controlled output,” Systems & Control

Letters , Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 99–109, November 1997.

112. B. M. Chen, “Solvability conditions for the disturbance decoupling problems with static measurement feedback,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 51–60, November 1997.

113. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and Y. Shamash, “Necessary and sufficient conditions under which a discrete time H

2

optimal control problem has a unique solution,” Control Theory & Applications , Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 745–753,

December 1996.


114. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and Y. Shamash, “Inner-outer factorization of discrete-time transfer matrices,”

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems — I: Fundamental Theory and Applications , Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 941–945, November 1996.

115. B. M. Chen, Y. Guo and Z. Lin, “Non-iterative computation of infimum in discrete-time H

∞ optimisation and solvability conditions for the discrete-time disturbance decoupling problem,” International Journal of Control ,

Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 433–454, October 1996.

116. B. M. Chen and Y.-L. Chen, “Loop transfer recovery design via new observer based and CSS architecture based controllers,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 649–669, November

1995.

117. B. M. Chen and D. Z. Zheng, “Simultaneous finite and infinite zero assignments of linear systems,” Automatica ,

Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 643–648, April 1995.

118. B. M. Chen, “A simple algorithm for the stable/unstable decomposition of a linear discrete-time system,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 255–260, January 1995.

119. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, Y. Shamash and P. Sannuti, “Construction and parameterization of all static and dynamic

H

2

-optimal state feedback solutions for discrete time systems,” Automatica , Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 1617–1624,

October 1994.

120. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “The discrete-time H ∞ control problem with strictly proper measurement feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1936–1939, September

1994.

121. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “Closed-form solutions to a class of H

∞

-optimization problem,” tional Journal of Control , Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 41–70, July 1994.

Interna-

122. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and Y. Shamash, “A non-recursive method for solving the general discrete time algebraic

Riccati equation related to the H

∞ control problem,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control ,

Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 503–519, July-August 1994.

123. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “The discrete-time H

∞ feedback,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control control problem with measurement

, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 457–479, July-August

1994.

124. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “A reduced order observer based controller design for H

∞

optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 355–360, February 1994.

125. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen, P. Sannuti and U. Ly, “Simultaneous H

2

/ H

∞ optimal control: The state feedback case,”

Automatica , Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1611–1614, November 1993.

126. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “Full and reduced order observer based controller design for

H

2

-optimization,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 803–834, October 1993.

127. B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, “Noniterative computation of infimum in H

∞ -optimisation for plants with invariant zeros on the jω axis,” IEE Proceedings–Part D: Control Theory and Applications , Vol. 140, No. 5, pp. 298–304,

September 1993.

128. B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, “Necessary and sufficient conditions under which an H

2

-optimal control problem has a unique solution,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 337–348, August 1993.


129. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “Characterization of all closed loop transfer function matrices in

H ∞ -optimization,” Control–Theory and Advanced Technology , Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 565–576, June 1993.

130. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, “Explicit expressions for cascade factorizations of general non-strictly proper systems,” Control–Theory and Advanced Technology , Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 501–515, June 1993.

131. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and Y. Shamash, “Construction and parameterization of all static and dynamic

H

2

-optimal state feedback solutions, optimal fixed modes and fixed decoupling zeros,” IEEE Transactions on

Automatic Control , Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 248–261, February 1993.

132. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “A non-iterative method for computing the infimum in H

∞

-optimization,”

International Journal of Control , Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 1399–1418, December 1992.

133. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “On blocking zeros and strong stabilizability of linear multivariable systems,” Automatica , Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 1051–1055, September 1992.

134. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “Necessary and sufficient conditions for a nonminimum phase plant to have a recoverable target loop — A stable compensator design for LTR,” Automatica , Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 493–

507, May 1992.

135. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “Loop transfer recovery for general nonminimum phase non-strictly proper systems; Part 2: Design,” Control–Theory and Advanced Technology , Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 101–144,

March 1992.

136. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “Loop transfer recovery for general nonminimum phase non-strictly proper systems; Part 1: Analysis,” Control–Theory and Advanced Technology , Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 59–100,

March 1992.

137. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Exact computation of the infimum in H

∞

-optimization via state feedback,”

Control–Theory and Advanced Technology , Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 17–35, March 1992.

138. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “Explicit expressions for cascade factorization of general nonminimum phase systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 358–363, March 1992.

139. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Exact computation of the infimum in H ∞ -optimization via output feedback,”

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 70–78, January 1992.

140. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen and P. Sannuti, “Theory of LTR for nonminimum phase systems, recoverable target loops, recovery in a subspace; Part 2: Design,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 1117–1160,

May 1991.

141. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen and P. Sannuti, “Theory of LTR for nonminimum phase systems, recoverable target loops, recovery in a subspace; Part 1: Analysis,” International Journal of Control , Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 1067–

1115, May 1991.

142. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “A new stable compensator design for exact and approximate loop transfer recovery,” Automatica , Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 257–280, March 1991.

143. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, S. Bingulac and P. Sannuti, “Loop transfer recovery for non-strictly proper plants,”

Control–Theory and Advanced Technology , Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 573–594, December 1990.


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1. F. Lin, F. Wang, X. Dong, K. Peng and B. M. Chen, Mechatronics design of unmanned aircraft systems,

Mechatronics: Fundamentals and Applications , (Edited by C. de Silva), pp. 403-452, Taylor & Francis (CRC

Press), London, U.K., 2015 (ISBN: 9781482239317).

2. B. M. Chen, H

2 optimal control, Encyclopedia of Systems and Control (Edited by T. Samad and J. Baillieul),

Springer, New York, USA, 2015 (ISBN: 978-1-4471-5102-9).

3. F. Wang, J. Cui, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Flight dynamics modeling of coaxial rotorcraft UAVs, Handbook of

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Edited by K. P. Valavanis and G. J. Vachtsevanos), pp. 1217-1256, Springer, New

York, USA, 2015 (ISBN: 978-90-481-9706-4).

4. S. K. Phang, K. Li, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Systematic design methodology and construction of micro aerial quadrotor vehicles, Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Edited by K. P. Valavanis and G. J. Vachtsevanos), pp. 181-206, Springer, New York, USA, 2015 (ISBN: 978-90-481-9706-4).

5. F. Lin, K. Z. Y. Ang, F. Wang, B. M. Chen, et al.

, Development of an unconventional unmanned coaxial rotorcraft: GremLion, Lecture Notes on Computer Science: Design, User Experience, and Usability , (Edited by A. Marcus), Volume 8014, pp. 120–129, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2013 (ISBN: 978-3-642-39237-

5).

6. B. M. Chen, Disturbance decoupling problem with static output feedback, 10000 Selected Problems in Sciences

– Information Science , pp. 631–632, Science Press, Beijing, China, 2011 (ISBN: 978-7-03-031911-1).

7. A. Karimoddini, G. Cai, B. M. Chen, H. Lin and T. H. Lee, Hierarchical control design of a UAV helicopter,

Advances in Flight Control Systems (Edited by A. Balint), pp. 239–260, InTech (Open Access Publisher),

Vienna, Austria, 2011 (ISBN: 978-953-307-218-0).

8. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and C. D. Cheng, Web-based remote experimentation, Encyclopedia of Distance and

Online Learning (2nd Edition, Edited by P. Rogers, et al.), Volume IV, pp. 2306–2318, Informationa Science

Reference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, 2009 (ISBN: 978-1-60566-198-8).

9. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and C. D. Cheng, Web-based 3D real time experimentation, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (2nd Edition, Edited by M. Khosrow-Pour et al.), Volume VIII, pp. 4088–4092,

Information Science Reference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, 2008 (ISBN: 978-1-60566-026-4).

10. C. Xiang, L. Cao, K. Qin, Z. Xu and B. M. Chen, A modified dynamic model for shear stress induced ATP release from vascular endothelial cells, Lecture Notes on Computer Science: Bio-Inspired Computational Intelligence and Applications (Edited by K. Li, et al.), Volume 4688, pp. 462–472, Springer-Verlag, Berlin,

Germany, 2007 (ISBN: 978-3-540-74768-0).

11. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and C. D. Cheng, Web-based remote laboratory, Encyclopedia of Distance Learning

(Edited by C. Howard, et al.), Volume IV, pp. 2009–2018, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA,

2005 (ISBN: 1-59140-555-6).

12. B. M. Chen, Non-iterative computation of optimal value in H

∞ control, Unsolved Problems in Mathematical

Systems and Control Theory (Edited by V. D. Blondel and A. Megretski), pp. 271–275, Princeton University

Press, Princeton, USA, 2004 (ISBN 0-691-11748-9).

13. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and Y. Shamash, Loop transfer recovery for general nonminimum phase discrete time systems; Part 1: Analysis, Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications


(Edited by C.T. Leondes), Volume 55: Digital and Numerical Techniques and Their Applications in Control

Systems, Part 1 of 2, pp. 195–261, Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 1993 (ISBN 0-12-012755-5).

14. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and Y. Shamash, Loop transfer recovery for general nonminimum phase discrete time systems; Part 2: Design, Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications

(Edited by C.T. Leondes), Volume 55: Digital and Numerical Techniques and Their Applications in Control

Systems, Part 1 of 2, pp. 263–304, Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 1993 (ISBN 0-12-012755-5).

15. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, M. C. Berg and U. Ly, Closed loop transfer recovery for discrete time systems, Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications (Edited by C.T. Leondes), Volume 56: Digital and Numerical Techniques and Their Applications in Control Systems, Part 2 of 2, pp. 443–481, Academic

Press, San Diego, USA, 1993 (ISBN 0-12-012756-3).

16. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, Closed loop transfer recovery with observer based controllers; Part 1: Analysis, Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications (Edited by C.T. Leondes), Volume

51: Robust Control System Techniques and Applications, Part 2 of 2, pp. 247–293, Academic Press, San Diego,

USA, 1992 (ISBN 0-12-012751-2).

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UBLICATIONS

1. S. Lai, K. Wang, K. Li and B. M. Chen, Path planning of rotorcrafts in unknown environment, Proceedings of the 35th Chinese Control Conference , Chengdu, China, pp. 10900–10905, July 2016.

2. K. Wang, Y. Ke and B. M. Chen, Development of autonomous hybrid UAV U-Lion with VTOL and cruise flying capabilities, Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics ,

Banff, Canada, pp. 1053–1060, July 2016.

3. K. Li, K. Wang, K. Zhang and B. M. Chen, Aggressive maneuvers of a quadrotor MAV based on composite nonlinear feedback control, Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent

Mechatronics , Banff, Canada, pp. 513–518, July 2016.

4. K. Wang, Y. Ke, M. Shan, X. Li, F. Wang and B. M. Chen, Development of autonomous quadrotor system for vertical replenishment, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation ,

Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 37–43, June 2016.

5. Y. Ke, H. Yu, C. Chi, M. Yue and B. M. Chen, A systematic design approach for an unconventional UAV

J-Lion with extensible morphing wings, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control &

Automation , Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 44–49, June 2016.

6. Y. Bi, H. Qin, M. Shan, J. Li, W. Liu, M. Lan and Ben M. Chen, An autonomous quadrotor for indoor exploration with laser scanner and depth camera, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control

& Automation , Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 50–55, June 2016.

7. Y. Yang, S. Zhai, B. Ramesh, X. Zheng, C. Xiang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Long-term cooperative tracking using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control &



8. H. Qin, J. Q. Cui, J. Li, Y. Bi, M. Lan, M. Shan, W. Liu, K. Wang, F. Lin, Y. F. Zhang and B. M. Chen, Design and implementation of an unmanned aerial vehicle for autonomous firefighting missions, Proceedings of the

12th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation , Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 62–67, June 2016.

9. K. Li, K. Zhang and B. M. Chen, On-board visual odometry and autonomous control of a quadrotor micro aerial vehicle, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation , Kathmandu,

Nepal, pp. 68–73, June 2016.

10. X. Chen, S. K. Phang, M. Shan and B. M. Chen, System integration of a vision-guided UAV for autonomous landing on moving platform, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation ,

Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 761–766, June 2016.

11. T. Pang, K. Peng, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, Towards long-endurance flight: Design and implementation of a variable-pitch gasoline-engine quadrotor, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Control &


12. M. Shan, F. Wang, F. Lin, Z. Gao, Y. Z. Tang and B. M. Chen, Google map aided visual navigation for

UAVs in GPS-denied environment, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and

Biomimetics , Zhuhai, China, pp. 114–119, December 2015.

13. M. Zhang, H. Qin, M. Lan, J. Lin, S. Wang, K. Liu, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, A high fidelity simulator for a quadrotor UAV using ROS and Gazebo, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial

Electronics Society , Yokohama, Japan, pp. 2846–2851, November 2015.

14. J. Li, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, A statistical approach for trajectory analysis and motion segmentation for freely moving cameras, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society , Yokohama, Japan, pp. 1592–1597, November 2015.

15. Y. Yang, M. Karimadini, C. Xiang, S. H. Teo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Wide area survillance of urban environments using multiple mini-VTOL UAVs, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial

Electronics Society , Yokohama, Japan, pp. 795–800, November 2015.

16. S. K. Phang, F. Wang, K. Wang, S. Lai and B. M. Chen, An effective method for autonomous localization and navigation in unknown indoor environment using MAV, Proceedings of the 2015 International Micro Air

Vehicles Conference , Session 7A, Aachen, Germany, September 2015.

17. K. Z. Y. Ang, X. Dong, F. Lin, J. Lin and B. M. Chen, Autonomous onboard map stitching in IMAV 2014, Proceedings of the 2015 International Micro Air Vehicles Conference , Session 4A, Aachen, Germany, September

2015.

18. K. Wang, S. Lai, J. Cui, Y. Ke and B. M. Chen, Navigation of micro air vehicles with inconsistent GPS guidance and online path planning, Proceedings of the 2015 International Micro Air Vehicles Conference , Session 2A,

Aachen, Germany, September 2015.

19. S. Huang, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, Model-based fault detection, isolation and fault-tolerant control for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems using information estimation, Proceedings of the 34th Chinese Control Conference ,

Hangzhou, China, pp. 6164–6169, July 2015.

20. J. Q. Cui, S. K. Phang, K. Z. Y. Ang, F. Wang, X. Dong, Y. Ke, S. Lai, K. Li, X. Li, F. Lin, J. Lin, P. Liu, T.

Pang, B. Wang, K. Wang, Z. Yang and B. M. Chen, Drones for cooperative search and rescue in post-disaster situation, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics ,

Angkor Wat, Cambodia, pp. 167–174, July 2015.


21. L. Bai, X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Identification of China stock market forces under system adaptation framework, Presented at the 21st International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance , Taipei, Taiwan,

June 2015.

22. R. Huang, P. Tan and B. M. Chen, Monocular vision-based autonomous navigation system on a toy quadcopter in unknown environments, Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,

Denver, USA, pp. 1260–1269, June 2015.

23. K. Li, P. Liu, T. Pang, Z. Yang and B. M. Chen, Development of an unmanned aerial vehicle for rooftop landing and surveillance, Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems , Denver,

USA, pp. 832–838, June 2015.

24. S. Lai, B. M. Chen and J. Cui, Relax formation in cluttered environments using rotorcraft UAV, Proceedings of the 10th Asian Control Conference , Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, pp. 2545–2550, June 2015.

25. S. K. Phang, J. Q. Cui, Z. Y. K. Ang, F. Wang, X. Dong, Y. Ke, S. Lai, K. Li, X. Li, F. Lin, J. Lin, P. Liu,

T. Pang, B. Wang, K. Wang, Z. Yang and B. M. Chen, Urban post-disaster search and rescue solutions with unmanned aircraft systems, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Electronics, Information, and

Communication , Singapore, pp. 91–92, January 2015.

26. M. Zhang, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, Vision-based detection and pose estimation for formation of micro aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision , Singapore, pp. 1473–1478, December 2014.

27. P. Liu, X. Dong and B. M. Chen, Development of a comprehensive software system for cargo transportation by unmanned helicopters, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems ,

Montreal, Canada, Paper 151, September–October 2014.

28. K. Li, R. Huang, S. K. Phang, S. Lai, F. Wang, P. Tan, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Vision-based autonomous control of an ultralight quadrotor MAV, Proceedings of the 2014 International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition , Delft, the Netherlands, pp. 50–57, August 2014.

29. F. Wang, P. Liu, S. Zhao, B. M. Chen, S. K. Phang, S. Lai, T. H. Lee and C. X. Cai, Guidance, navigation and control of an unmanned helicopter for automatic cargo transportation, Proceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control

Conference , Nanjing, China, pp. 1013–1020, July 2014 ( ⋆ Guan Zhao-Zhi Award ⋆ ).

30. S. Zhao, Z. Hu, M. Yin, K. Z. Y. Ang, P. Liu, F. Wang, X. Dong, F. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A robust vision system for a UAV transporting cargoes between moving platforms, Proceedings of the 33rd Chinese

Control Conference , Nanjing, China, pp. 544–549, July 2014.

31. L. Bai, S. Yen, X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Market turning points forecasting using wavelet analysis, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference of Financial Engineering , London, U.K., pp. 940–945, July 2014.

32. F. Lin, K. Peng, X. Dong, S. Zhao and B. M. Chen, Vision-based formation for UAVs, Proceedings of the 11th

IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation , Taichung, Taiwan, pp. 1375–1380, June 2014.

33. K. Peng, T. Pang, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, Autonomous mission execution for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles with hierarchical-distributed methodology, Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Control

& Automation , Taichung, Taiwan, pp. 1369–1374, June 2014.

34. F. Wang, K. Wang, S. Lai, S. K. Phang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, An efficient UAV navigation solution for confined but partially known indoor environments, Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on

Control & Automation , Taichung, Taiwan, pp. 1351–1356, June 2014.


35. K. Ang, J. Cui, T. Pang, K. Li, K. Wang and B. M. Chen, Development of an unmanned tail-sitter with reconfigurable wings: U-Lion, Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation ,

Taichung, Taiwan, pp. 750–755, June 2014.

36. S. K. Phang, S. Lai, F. Wang, M. Lan and B. M. Chen, UAV calligraphy, Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation , Taichung, Taiwan, pp. 422–428, June 2014.

37. S. K. Phang, K. Li, F. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Explicit model identification and control of a micro aerial vehicle, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems , Orlando,

USA, pp. 1048–1054, May 2014.

38. J. Cui, S. Lai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Autonomous navigation of UAV in forest, Proceedings of the 2014

International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems , Orlando, USA, pp. 726–733, May 2014.

39. K. Peng, S. Zhao, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, Vision based target tracking/following and estimation of target motion, Proceedings of the 2013 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , Boston, USA, AIAA

2013-5036, August 2013.

40. S. Zhao, X. Dong, J. Q. Cui, K. Z. Y. Ang, F. Lin, K. M. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Design and implementation of homography-based vision-aided inertial navigation of UAVs, Proceedings of the 32nd Chinese

Control Conference , Xi’an, China, pp. 5101–5106, July 2013.

41. J. Q. Cui, F. Wang, X. Dong, K. Z. Y. Ang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Landmark extraction and state estimation for UAV operation in forest, Proceedings of the 32nd Chinese Control Conference , Xi’an, China, pp. 5210–

5215, July 2013.

42. F. Lin, K. Z. Y. Ang, F. Wang, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, et al., Development of an unconventional unmanned coaxial rotorcraft: GremLion, Presented at the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction ,

Las Vegas, USA, July 2013.

43. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. M. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Distributed control of angle-constrained circular formation using bearing-only measurements, Proceedings of the 9th Asian Control Conference , Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1–6, June 2013.

44. A. Karimoddini, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A bumpless hybrid supervisory control algorithm for the formation of unmanned helicopters, Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference , Washington, DC,

USA, pp. 982–987, June 2013.

45. B. X. Hon, H. Tian, F. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A customized FastSLAM algorithm using scanning laser range finder in structured indoor environments, Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Hangzhou, China, pp. 640–645, June 2013.

46. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Finite-time stabilization of circular formations using bearing-only measurements, Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Hangzhou, China, pp. 840–845, June 2013.

47. F. Wang, J. Q. Cui, S. K. Phang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A mono-camera and scanning laser range finder based UAV indoor navigation system, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft

Systems , Atlanta, USA, pp. 693–700, May 2013.

48. K. Li, S. K. Phang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Platform design and mathematical modeling of an ultralight quadrotor micro aerial vehicle, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems , Atlanta, USA, pp. 1066–1075, May 2013.


49. D. Luo and B. M. Chen, The autopilot design of bank-to-turn missile using mixed sensitivity H

∞ optimization,

Proceedings of the 3rd Annual IEEE International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems , Nanjing, China, pp. 241–246, May 2013.

50. P. Liu, X. Dong, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Development of an enhanced ground control system for unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science ,

Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 136–143, December 2012.

51. K. Peng and B. M. Chen, Variant-factor technique for tracking control of a class of nonlinear systems with input saturation, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science ,

Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 129–135, December 2012.

52. X. Li, H. Lin, J. Lian and B. M. Chen, Stability analysis for uncertain linear systems with random parameters,

Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Maui, Hawaii, USA, pp. 4041–4046,

December 2012.

53. N. Xu, G. Cai, W. Kang and B. M. Chen, Minimum-time trajectory planning for helicopter UAVs using computational dynamic optimization, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics , Seoul, Korea, pp. 2732–2737, October 2012.

54. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Homography-based vision-aided inertial navigation of

UAVs in unknown environments, Proceedings of the 2012 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference , Minneapolis, USA, AIAA 2012-5033, August 2012.

55. A. Partovi, Z. Y. K. Ang, B. M. Chen, H. Lin and G. Cai, Development of a cross style quadrotor, Proceedings of the 2012 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference , Minneapolis, USA, AIAA 2012-4780, August

2012.

56. K. Peng, S. Zhao, F. Lin and B. M. Chen, Vision based stabilization for aircraft in unknown environment without GPS signal, Proceedings of the 2012 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference , Minneapolis,

USA, AIAA 2012-4597, August 2012.

57. J. Cui, F. Wang, Z. Qian, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Construction and modeling of a variable collective pitch coaxial UAV, Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Informatics in Control,

Automation and Robotics , Rome, Italy, pp. 286–291, July 2012.

58. D. Luo, F. Wang, B. Wang and B. M. Chen, Implementation of obstacle avoidance technique for indoor coaxial rotorcraft with scanning laser range finder, Proceedings of the 31st Chinese Control Conference , Hefei, China, pp. 5135–5140, July 2012.

59. Y. Sun, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, Decentralized bisimilarity control of discrete event systems, Proceedings of the

31st Chinese Control Conference , Hefei, China, pp. 2134–2139, July 2012.

60. B. Wang and B. M. Chen, Structural analysis of a helicopter dynamic model using the special coordinate basis decomposition, Proceedings of the 31st Chinese Control Conference , Hefei, China, pp. 279–284, July 2012.

61. S. K. Phang, C. Cai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Design and mathematical modeling of a 4-standard-propeller

(4SP) quadrotor, Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation , Beijing,

China, pp. 3270–3275, July 2012.

62. B. Wang, F. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Robust flight control design for an indoor miniature coaxial helicopter, Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation , Beijing, China, pp.

2918–2924, July 2012.


63. S. Zhao, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Optimal placement of bearing-only sensors for target localization, Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference , Montreal, Canada, pp. 5108–5113, June 2012.

64. F. Wang, S. K. Phang, J. Cui, G. Cai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Nonlinear modeling of a miniature fixed-pitch coaxial UAV, Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference , Montreal, Canada, pp. 3863–3870, June

2012.

65. B. Wang, X. Dong, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and S. K. Phang, Formation flight of unmanned rotorcraft based on robust and perfect tracking approach, Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference , Montreal,

Canada, pp. 3284–3290, June 2012.

66. X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Identification of stock market forces in the system adaptation framework, Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Santiago, Chile, pp. 340–347,

December 2011.

67. K. Tang, B. Wang, W. Kang and B. M. Chen, Minimum time control of helicopter UAVs using computational dynamic optimization, Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation ,

Santiago, Chile, pp. 848–852, December 2011.

68. S. Zhao, F. Lin, K. Peng, K. Y. Lum, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Vision-aided inertial navigation for unmanned aerial vehicles in unknown environments, Proceedings of the 2011 Chinese Automation Congress , Beijing,

China, November 2011.

69. A. Karimoddini, X. Dong, G. Cai, F. Lin, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A composed hybrid structure for the autonomous flight control of unmanned helicopters, Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress , Milan,

Italy, pp. 2632–2637, August-September 2011.

70. K. Peng, B. M. Chen and K. Y. Lum, Autonomous flight control design for a small-scale unmanned helicopter,

Proceedings of the 2011 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , Portland, Oregon, USA, AIAA

2011-6484, August 2011.

71. X. Dong, M. Dong, B. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A comprehensive software system architecture for unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations,

Logistics, and Informatics , Beijing, China, pp. 595–600, July 2011.

72. G. Cai, B. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Design and implementation of an unmanned rotorcraft flight control system using RPT control approach, Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control Conference , Yantai,

China, pp. 6492–6497, July 2011.

73. F. Wang, S. K. Phang, J. Cui, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Search and rescue: a UAV aiding approach, Proceedings of the 23rd Canadian Congress on Applied Mechanics , Vancouver, Canada, pp. 183–186, June 2011.

74. B. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, An RPT approach to time-critical path following of an unmanned helicopter, To be presented at the 8th Asian Control Conference , Kaohsiung, Taiwan, pp. 211–216, May 2011.

75. X. Liu, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, Graphic interpretations of structural controllability for switched linear systems,

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision , Singapore, pp.

549–554, December 2010.

76. G. Cai, F. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Development of fully functional miniature unmanned rotorcraft systems, Proceedings of the 29 Chinese Control Conference , Beijing, China, pp. 32–40, July 2010.


77. S. K. Phang, J. J. Ong, R. T. C. Yeo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Autonomous mini-UAV for indoor flight with embedded on-board vision processing as navigation system, Proceedings of the IEEE R8 International

Conference on Computational Technologies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Listvyanka, Irkutsk,

Russia, pp. 722–727, July 2010.

78. F. Lin, B. M. Chen, K.-Y. Lum and T. H. Lee, A robust vision system on an unmanned helicopter for ground target seeking and following, Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation ,

Jinan, China, pp. 276–281, July 2010 ( ⋆ Best Application Paper Award ⋆ ).

79. F. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Vision aided motion estimation for unmanned helicopters in GPS denied environments, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems ,

Singapore, pp. 64–69, June 2010.

80. B. Wang, X. Dong and B. M. Chen, Cascaded control of 3D path following for an unmanned helicopter,

Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems , Singapore, pp.

70–75, June 2010.

81. Y. Sun, H. Lin, F. Liu and B. M. Chen, Computation for supremal simulation-based controllable subautomata,

Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Xiamen, China, pp. 1450–

1455, June 2010.

82. X. Dong, G. Cai, F. Lin, B. M. Chen, H. Lin and T. H. Lee, Implementation of formation flight of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation ,

Xiamen, China, pp. 904–909, June 2010.

83. K. Peng, K.-Y. Lum and B. M. Chen, Flight control design with hierarchical dynamic inversion, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Xiamen, China, pp. 297–302, June 2010.

84. F. Wang, T. Wang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, An indoor unmanned coaxial rotorcraft system with vision positioning, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Xiamen, China, pp. 291–296, June 2010.

85. G. Cai, K.-Y. Lum, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, A brief overview on miniature fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Xiamen, China, pp. 285–290, June 2010.

86. X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Identification of market forces in the financial system adaptation framework, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Xiamen, China, pp. 103–108,

June 2010.

87. W. Lan, C. K. Thum and B. M. Chen, Optimal nonlinear gain tuning of composite nonlinear feedback controller and its application to a hard disk drive servo system, Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held jointly with 28th Chinese Control Conference , Shanghai, China, pp. 3169–3174, December

2009.

88. X. Liu, H. Lin and B. M. Chen, A graph-theoretic characterization of structural controllability for multi-agent system with switching topology, Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held jointly with 28th Chinese Control Conference , Shanghai, China, pp. 7012–7017, December 2009.

89. A. Karimoddini, H. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Developments in hybrid modeling and control of unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation ,

Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 228–233, December 2009.


90. X. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Modeling and analysis of financial markets using system adaptation and frequency domain approach, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation ,

Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 1068–1073, December 2009.

91. X. Dong, B. M. Chen, G. Cai, H. Lin and T. H. Lee, Development of a comprehensive software system for implementing cooperative control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International

Conference on Control and Automation , Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 1629–1634, December 2009.

92. G. Cai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Design and implementation of robust automatic flight control system for a small-scale UAV helicopter, Proceedings of the 7th Asian Control Conference , Hong Kong, China, pp. 691–

697, August 2009 ( ⋆ Best Application Paper Award ⋆ ).

93. F. Lin, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Robust vision-based target tracking control system for an unmanned helicopter using feature fusion, Proceedings of the 11th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications , Yokohama, Japan, pp. 398–401, May 2009.

94. G. Cai, A. K. Cai, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Construction, modeling and control of a mini autonomous UAV helicopter, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics , Qingdao,

China, pp. 449–454, September 2008.

95. B. Yun, B. M. Chen, K. Y. Lum and T. H. Lee, A leader-follower formation flight control scheme for UAV helicopters, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics , Qingdao,

China, pp. 39–44, September 2008.

96. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and M. Dong, Design and implementation of a hardware-in-the-loop simulation system for small-scale UAV helicopters, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics , Qingdao, China, pp. 29–34, September 2008.

97. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and K. Y. Lum, Comprehensive nonlinear modeling of an unmanned-aerialvehicle helicopter, Proceedings of the 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , Honolulu,

Hawaii, USA, AIAA2008-7414, August 2008.

98. C. K. Thum, C. Du, B. M. Chen, E. H. Ong and K. P. Tan, Time-varying compensation for mid-frequency repeatable runout in hard disk drives via a linear feedback scheme, Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress ,

Seoul, Korea, pp. 3104–3109, July 2008.

99. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and F. L. Lewis, Explicit construction of H

∞ control law for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear multivariable systems, Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation ,

Chongqing, China, pp. 341–346, June 2008.

100. J. Gadewadikar, F. L. Lewis, K. Subbarao and B. M. Chen, Design of H

∞ command and control loops for unmanned aerial vehicles using static output feedback, Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. 5395–5400, December 2007.

101. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, K. Peng, M. Dong and T. H. Lee, Design and implementation of a nonlinear flight control law for the yaw channel of a UAV helicopter, Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and

Control , New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. 1963–1968, December 2007.

102. W. Lan and B. M. Chen, On selection of nonlinear gain in composite nonlinear feedback control for a class of linear systems, Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , New Orleans, Louisiana,

USA, pp. 1198–1203, December 2007.


103. C. K. Thum, C. Du, B. M. Chen, E. H. Ong, K. P. Tan, A linear time-varying control scheme and its application to a hard disk drive servo system, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics

Society , Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 892–897, November 2007.

104. F. Lin, B. M. Chen and K. Y Lum, Integration and implementation of a low-cost and vision UAV tracking system, Proceedings of the 26th Chinese Control Conference , Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, Volume 6, pp. 731–

736, July 2007.

105. K. Peng, M. Dong, B. M. Chen, G. Cai, K. Y. Lum and T. H. Lee, Design and implementation of a fully autonomous flight control system for a UAV helicopter, Proceedings of the 26th Chinese Control Conference ,

Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, Volume 6, pp. 662–667, July 2007.

106. W. Lan and B. M. Chen, Explicit construction of H

∞ control law for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear systems, Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference , New York, New York, USA, pp. 4703–4708,

July 2007.

107. C. K. Pang, W. E. Wong, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, NRRO rejection using online iterative control for high density data storage on a PC-based spinstand servo system, Proceedings of the 2007 American Control

Conference , New York, New York, USA, pp. 1514–1519, July 2007.

108. C. K. Pang, S. C. Tam, G. Guo, B. M. Chen, F. L. Lewis, T. H. Lee and C. Du, Improved disturbance rejection with online adaptive pole-zero compensation on a Φ -shaped PZT active suspension, Proceedings of the 2007

ASME Information Storage and Processing Systems Conference , Santa Clara, California, USA, SCST-A1, pp.

59–61, June 2007.

109. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and F. L. Lewis, Explicit construction of global stabilization control law for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear multivariable systems, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Guangzhou, China, pp. 1735–1740, May-June 2007.

110. B. Yun, K. Peng and B. M. Chen, Enhancement of GPS signals for automatic control of a UAV helicopter system, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation , Guangzhou, China, pp. 1185–1189, May-June 2007.

111. J. Gadewadikar, F. Lewis, K. Subbarao and B. M. Chen, Attitude control system design for unmanned aerial vehicles using H

∞ and loop shaping methods, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on

Control and Automation , Guangzhou, China, pp. 1174–1179, May-June 2007.

112. C. K. Pang, F. L. Lewis, S. S. Ge, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Singular perturbation control for vibration rejection in HDDs with a PZT active suspension, Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and

Control , San Diego, California, USA, pp. 6599–6604, December 2006.

113. G. Cheng, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Discrete-time robust nonlinear feedback control for an HDD servo system design, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and

Vision , Singapore, pp. 972–977, December 2006.

114. W. Lan and B. M. Chen, Explicit constructions of globle stabilization control laws for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear systems, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision , Singapore, pp. 469–474, December 2006.

115. K. Peng, G. Cai, B. M. Chen, M. Dong and T. H. Lee, Comprehensive modeling and control of the yaw dynamics of a UAV helicopter, Proceedings of the 25th Chinese Control Conference , Harbin, China, pp. 2087–

2092, August 2006.


116. M. Dong, B. M. Chen and C. Cheng, Development of 3D monitoring for an unmanned aerial vehicle, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Computer Science and Education , Xiamen, China, pp. 135–140,

July 2006.

117. X. Liu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, Complete assignment of structural properties of linear systems via sensor or actuator selection, Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, pp.

3719–3724, June 2006.

118. G. Cheng, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Generalized composite nonlinear feedback control technique to track non-step references, Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation ,

Dalian, China, pp. 234–238, June 2006.

119. G. Cai, B. M. Chen, K. Peng, M. Dong and T. H. Lee, Modeling and control system design for a UAV helicopter,

Proceedings of the 14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation , Ancona, Italy, pp. 210–215,

June 2006.

120. C. K. Pang, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, Enhanced disturbance suppression in sampled-data systems and its application to high density data storage servos, Proceedings of the 2006 ASME/JSME Joint Conference on Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment , Santa Clara, California, USA, S34-04, June

2006.

121. Y. He, B. M. Chen and W. Lan, “Improving transient performance in tracking control for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with input saturation,” Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and

Control , Seville, Spain, pp. 8094–8099, December 2005.

122. X. Liu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Further results on structural assignment of linear systems,” Proceedings of the

44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Seville, Spain, pp. 6516–6521, December 2005.

123. Y. Lu, C. K. Pang, J. Chen, H. Zhu, J. P. Yang, J. Q. Mou, G. X. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design, fabrication and control of a micro X-Y stage with large ultra-thin film recording media platform,” Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics , Monterey, California,

USA, pp. 19–24, July 2005.

124. X. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “Linear system toolkit in Matlab: Structural decomposition and their applications,” Proceedings of the 24th Chinese Control Conference , Guangzhou, China, pp. 1819–1824, July 2005.

125. B. M. Chen, X. Liu and Z. Lin, “Interconnection of the Kronecker canonical form and special coordinate basis of general multivariable linear systems,” Presented at the 16th IFAC World Congress , Prague, Czech, July 2005.

126. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and Y. He, “Composite nonlinear feedback control for a class of nonlinear systems with input saturation,” Presented at the 16th IFAC World Congress , Prague, Czech, July 2005.

127. G. Cai, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and assembling of a UAV helicopter system,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Control and Automation , Budapest, Hungary, pp. 697–702, June 2005.

128. W. Lan, B. M. Chen and Z. Ding, “Adaptive estimation and rejection of unknown disturbances through measurement feedback for a class of nonminimum phase nonlinear MIMO systems,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Control and Automation , Budapest, Hungary, pp. 685–690, June 2005.

129. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “On the improvement of transient performance in tracking control for discrete-time systems with input saturation and disturbances,” Proceedings of the 5th International

Conference on Control and Automation , Budapest, Hungary, pp. 437–422, June 2005.


130. G. Cheng, B. M. Chen, K. Peng and T. H. Lee, “A M ATLAB toolkit for composite nonlinear feedback control,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision , Kunming,

China, pp. 878–883, December 2004.

131. S. Lu, B. M. Chen and C. C. Ko, “Document image rectification using fuzzy sets and morphological operator,”

Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing , Singapore, pp. 2877–2880,

October 2004.

132. C. K. Pang, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Nanoposition sensing and control in HDD dual-stage servo systems,” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Conference on Control Applications , Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 551–556,

September 2004.

133. Y. He, B. M. Chen and C. Wu, “Composite nonlinear feedback control for general discrete-time multivariable systems with actuator nonlinearities,” Proceedings of the 5th Asian Control Conference , Melbourne, Australia, pp. 539–544, July 2004.

134. G. Cheng, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Improvement of HDD tracking performance using nonlinear compensation and RPT control,” Proceedings of the 5th Asian Control Conference , Melbourne, Australia, pp.

84–89, July 2004.

135. K. Peng, B. M. Chen, G. Cheng and T. H. Lee, “Friction and nonlinearity compensation in hard disk drive servo systems using robust composite nonlinear feedback control,” Proceedings of the 5th Asian Control Conference ,

Melbourne, Australia, pp. 58–63, July 2004 ( ⋆ Best Industrial Control Application Prize ⋆ ).

136. Y. He, B. M. Chen and C. Wu, “Composite nonlinear control with state and measurement feedback for general multivariable systems with input saturation,” Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Control and

Decision , Maui, Hawaii, USA, pp. 4469–4474, December 2003.

137. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Improvement on an HDD servo system design through friction and disturbance compensation,” Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced

Intelligent Mechatronics , Kobe, Japan, pp. 1160–1165, July 2003.

138. C. Wu, B. M. Chen and Y. He, “Asymptotic time optimal tracking of a class of linear systems with actuator nonlinearities,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Control and Automation , Montreal, Quebec,

Canada, pp. 58–62, June 2003.

139. S. J. Lu, B. M. Chen, C. C. Ko, S. T. Kee and M. Poon, “Web-based robot for remote experiments,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Control and Automation , Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 158–162, June

2003.

140. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Modeling and analysis of micro hard disk drives,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Control and Automation , Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 952–956, June

2003.

141. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Comprehensive modeling of friction in a hard disk drive actuator,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference , Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 1380–1385,

June 2003.

142. M. He, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “Structural decomposition and its properties of general multivariable linear singular systems,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference , Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 4494–

4499, June 2003.


143. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design of multi-stage composite nonlinear feedback control for hard disk drives,” Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control , Vancouver,

British Columbia, Canada, pp. 734–739, October 2002.

144. M. He and B. M. Chen, “Structural decomposition of single-input and single-output singular systems,” Proceedings of the 4th Asian Control Conference , Singapore, pp. 1698–1703, September 2002.

145. K. Peng, G. Cheng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design of a hard disk drive servo system with composite nonlinear feedback plus integral to remove bias,” Proceedings of the 4th Asian Control Conference , Singapore, pp. 676–681, September 2002.

146. B. M. Chen, “Exact computation of optimal value in H

∞ control – An open problem,” Presented at the 15th

International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems , Notre Dame, Indiana, USA,

August 2002 (invited).

147. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, K. Peng and V. Venkataramanan, “Composite nonlinear feedback control: Theory and an application,” Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress , Barcelona, Spain, Volume B, pp. 31–36, July

2002.

148. K. Peng, V. Venkataramanan, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of a dual stage HDD servo system via composite nonlinear control approach,” Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress , Barcelona,

Spain, Volume S, pp. 115–120, July 2002.

149. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, C. M. Loke, C. D. Chang, X. Xiang, A. K. Eapen and T. S. Lim, “Automation in creating Java 3D-based virtual instruments,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering

Research and Practice , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, pp. 336–341, June 2002.

150. B. M. Chen, “Two open problems in linear control theory,” Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Control and Automation , Xiamen, China, pp. 1809–1812, June 2002.

151. V. Prahlad, C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, C. D. Cheng, X. Xiang, K. W. Chan and Y. P. Khanal, “Development of web-based mobile robot control experiment,” Proceedings of the 2002 FIRA Robot World Congress , Seoul,

Korea, pp. 488–493, May 2002.

152. X. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “Computation of structural invariants of singular linear systems,” Proceedings of the 2002 Information, Decision and Control Symposium , Adelaide, Australia, pp. 35–40, February 2002.

153. Y.-Y. Cao, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “An output feedback H

∞ controller design for linear systems subject to sensor nonlinearities,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Control Theory and Applications ,

Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 52–56, December 2001.

154. K. Peng, V. Venkataramanan, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, ”Track following design for a dual-stage actuator hard disk drive servo system,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Control Theory and Applications ,

Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 141–145, December 2001.

155. G. Zeng, J. Chen, B. M. Chen, C. C. Ko and X. Xiang, “Design and Implementation of a web-based cryptographic algorithm testing platform,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Control Theory and

Applications , Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 542–546, December 2001.

156. X. Xiang, C. D. Cheng, C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and S. Lu, “API for virtual laboratory instrument using Java 3D,”

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Control Theory and Applications , Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 552–556, December 2001.


157. T. Hu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Discturbance rejection with saturating actuators for discrete-time linear systems,” Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 1723–


158. J. Zhang, J. P. Chen, C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and S. S. Ge, “A web-based laboratory on control of a two-degreefreedom helicopter,” Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, Florida,

USA, pp. 2821–2826, December 2001 (invited).

159. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, K. P. Chan, C. D. Cheng, G. W. Zeng and J. Zhang, “A webcast virtual laboratory on a frequency modulation experiment,” Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control ,

Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 3236–3241, December 2001.

160. T. Hu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Analysis and design for discrete-time linear systems subject to actuator saturation,” Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, Florida, USA, pp.

4675–4680, December 2001.

161. V. Venkataramanan, K. Peng, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of a servo controller via discrete-time composite nonlinear feedback law for a hard disk drive,” Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 4687–4692, December 2001.

162. C. D. Cheng, P. Vadakkepat, C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and X. Xiang, “Robot motion control and image reconstruction over internet,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and

Autonomous Systems , Singapore, pp. 423–428, November 2001.

163. Z. Li, K. Liu, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Robust and perfect tracking control design of a hard disk drive with a dual-stage actuator,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference , Arlington, Virginia, USA, pp.

3849–3854, June 2001.

164. B. M. Chen, Z. Lin and K. Liu, “Robust and perfect tracking of discrete-time systems,” Proceedings of the 2001

American Control Conference , Arlington, Virginia, USA, pp. 2594–2599, June 2001.

165. C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen, V. Ramakrishnan, Y. Zhuang, S. Y. Hu and J. P. Chen, “An innovative advance in conducting experiments — Virtual laboratories in the National University of Singapore,” Proceedings of the

IFAC/IEEE Symposium on Advances in Control Engineering Education 2000 , Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 379–383, December 2000.

166. X. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “On the problem of general structural assignments of linear systems through sensor/actuator selection,” Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Sydney, Australia, pp. 1979–1984, December 2000.

167. V. Venkataramanan, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and G. Guo, “Improvement of servo performance via nonlinear feedback control in hard disk drive servo systems,” Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and

Control , Sydney, Australia, pp. 3088-30934, December 2000.

168. M. He, B. M. Chen and C. C. Ko, “Chinese character recognition using natural stroke sequence,” Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (CD-ROM), TM1, 5 pages,

Singapore, December 2000.

169. B. M. Chen, K. Liu and Z. Lin, “Solvability conditions and solutions to perfect regulation problem under measurement feedback,” Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (CD-ROM), TP3, 6 pages, Singapore, December 2000 (invited).


170. Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Semi-global stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems via linear feedback of corrupted output measurement,” Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Control Conference , Shanghai, China, Volume I, pp. 201–206, July 2000.

171. V. Ramakrishnan, Y. Zhuang, S. Y. Hu, J. P. Chen, C. C. Ko, B. M. Chen and K. C. Tan, “Development of a web-based control experiment for a coupled tank apparatus,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Control

Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 4409–4413, June 2000.

172. K. Liu, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, “On the problem of robust and perfect tracking for linear systems with external disturbances,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 887–891,

June 2000.

173. T. Hu, Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “An analysis and design method for linear systems subject to actuator saturation and disturbance,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 725–729,

June 2000.

174. Z. Li, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Optimal control design to achieve highest track-per-inch in hard disk drives,” Presented at the 11th Annual Symposium on Information Storage and Processing Systems , Santa

Clara, California, USA, June 2000.

175. C. Lin, G. Guo, B. M. Chen and C. C. Ko, “Optimal track following control for hard disk drives,” Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control , Nagoya, Japan, pp. 502–506, March 2000.

176. V. Venkataramanan, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and G. Guo, “Improvement of seeking time and settling response using modified seek controller and robust perfect tracking controller in hard disk drive servo systems,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Evolutionary Computing for Computer, Communication, Control and Power , Chennai, India, pp. 143–148, January 2000.

177. B. M. Chen, I. M. Y. Mareels, Y. F. Zheng and C. Zhang, “Solutions to disturbance decoupling problem with constant measurement feedback for linear systems,” Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and

Control , Phoenix, Arizona, USA, pp. 4062–4067, December 1999.

178. T. B. Goh, Z. Li, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and T. Huang, “Design and implementation of a hard disk drive servo system using robust and perfect tracking approach,” Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and

Control , Phoenix, Arizona, USA, pp. 5247–5252, December 1999.

179. Z. Lin and B. M. Chen, “Solutions to general H

∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem with measurement feedback and internal stability for discrete-time systems,” Proceedings of the 14th IFAC Triennial World

Congress , Beijing, China, Volume G, pp. 359–364, July 1999.

180. B. M. Chen, “On some key properties of the special coordinate basis of linear systems,” Proceedings of the

14th IFAC Triennial World Congress , Beijing, China, Volume D, pp. 351–356, July 1999.

181. S. H. Chen, R. Chen, V. Ramakrishnan, S. Y. Hu, Y. Zhuang, C. C. Ko and B. M. Chen, “Development of remote laboratory experimentation through Internet,” Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Hong Kong Symposium on Robotics and Control , Hong Kong, China, pp. 756–760, July 1999.

182. T. B. Goh, Z. Li, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Control design for a dual-stage actuator in hard disk drives,”

Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Hong Kong Symposium on Robotics and Control , Hong Kong, China, pp. 577–

582, July 1999.


183. X. Hu, W. Guo, T. Huang, and B. M. Chen, “Discrete-time LQG/LTR dual-stage controller design and implementation for high track density HDDS,” Proceedings of the 1999 American Control Conference , San Diego,

California, USA, pp. 4111–4115, June 1999.

184. K. W. Choo, G. Guo and B. M. Chen, “PC-based hard disk drive bode-plot generator,” Proceedings of the

Seventh Asian Test Symposium , Singapore, pp. 184–188, December 1998.

185. L. Wang, L. Yuan, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Modeling and control of a dual actuator servo system for hard disk drives,” Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Mechatronic Technology , Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp. 533–538, November 1998.

186. X. P. Hu, S. Weerasooriya, T. S. Low and B. M. Chen, “Dual stage actuator modeling and control in a CD-

ROM drive,” Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society , Aachen,

Germany, Volume 3, pp. 1394–1398, August 1998.

187. W. Guo, L. Yuan, L. Wang, G. Guo, T. Huang, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Linear quadratic optimal dual stage servo control system for hard disk drives,” Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial

Electronics Society , Aachen, Germany, Volume 3, pp. 1405–1410, August 1998.

188. G.-P. Lu, Y.-F. Zheng and B. M. Chen, “Strongly robust performance design for linear systems with multiple time delays and parameter uncertainties,” Proceedings of the IFAC Conference on System Structure and

Control , Nantes, France, Volume 3, pp. 663–668, July 1998.

189. B. C. Siew, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design and implementation of a robust controller for a free gyrostabilized mirror system,” Proceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference , Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 2231–2235, June 1998.

190. B. M. Chen, “Solvability conditions for the disturbance decoupling problems with static measurement feedback,” Proceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference , Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 1541–1542, June

1998.

191. B. M. Chen, Z. Lin and C. C. Hang, “Solutions to general H

∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem with measurement feedback and internal stability — An eigenstructure assignment approach,” Proceedings of the

1998 American Control Conference , Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 1536–1540, June 1998.

192. Z. Lin, X. Bao and B. M. Chen, “Further results on almost disturbance decoupling with global asymptotic stability for nonlinear systems,” Proceedings of the 36th Conference on Decision and Control , San Diego,

California, USA, pp. 2847–2852, December 1997.

193. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen, Y. Shamash and J. He, “Solutions to general H ∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem with measurement feedback and internal stability for discrete-time systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Symposium on Control Theory and Applications , Singapore, pp. 331–335, July 1997.

194. B. C. Siew, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Robust and perfect tracking control of a free gyro stabilized mirror system,” Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Symposium on Control Theory and Applications ,

Singapore, pp. 311–315, July 1997.

195. T. B. Goh, S. Weerasooriya, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Design of dual actuator controller for hard disk drives,”

Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Symposium on Control Theory and Applications , Singapore, pp. 88–92, July 1997.

196. Q. G. Wang, T. H. Lee, J. B. He and B. M. Chen, “Simultaneous and robust stabilization of uncertain linear plants,” Proceedings of the 2nd Asian Control Conference , Seoul, Korea, Volume III, pp. 411–414, July 1997.


197. J. He and B. M. Chen “Checkable solvability conditions for H

∞ almost disturbance decoupling problem for general discrete-time systems with unit circle invariant zeros,” Proceedings of the 2nd Asian Control Conference , Seoul, Korea, Volume II, pp. 415–418, July 1997.

198. B. M. Chen and S. R. Weller, “Mappings of the finite and infinite zero structures and invertibility structures of general linear multivariable systems under the bilinear transformation,” Proceedings of the 2nd Asian Control

Conference , Seoul, Korea, Volume II, pp. 139–142, July 1997.

199. B. M. Chen, “Exact computation of infimum for a class of continuous-time H ∞ optimal control problem with a nonzero direct feedthrough term from the disturbance input to the controlled output,” Proceedings of the 2nd

Asian Control Conference , Seoul, Korea, Volume I, pp. 737–740, July 1997. ( ⋆ Best Poster Paper Award ⋆ )

200. B. M. Chen, Y. Guo and Z. Lin, “Non-iterative computation of infimum in discrete-time H

∞ optimisation and solvability conditions for the discrete-time disturbance decoupling problem,” Proceedings of the 2nd Asian

Control Conference , Seoul, Korea, Volume I, pp. 721–724, July 1997.

201. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, C. C. Hang, C. S. Goh and E. K. Poh, “Gain scheduling for robust controllers in flight control systems,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and

Vision , Singapore, pp. 1423–1427, December 1996.

202. B. M. Chen and J. He, “Exact computation of infimum in discrete-time H

∞

-optimization for plants with unit circle invariant zeros,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision , Singapore, pp. 822–826, December 1996.

203. B. M. Chen, “Exact computation of infimum in discrete-time H

∞ -optimization using measurement feedback,”

Proceedings of the 13th IFAC Triennial World Congress , San Francisco, California, USA, Volume G, pp. 151–

156, July 1996.

204. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, C. C. Hang, Y. Guo and S. Weerasooriya, “An H ∞ almost disturbance decoupling robust controller design for a piezoelectric bimorph actuator with hysteresis,” Proceedings of the 4th International

Workshop on Advanced Motion Control , Tsu-city, Japan, pp. 476–481, March 1996.

205. B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee, C. C. Hang, C. S. Goh and E. K. Poh, “Gain scheduling for robust controllers in flight control systems,” Proceedings of the Seventh MINDEF-NUS Joint R & D Seminar , National University of

Singapore, Singapore, pp. 9–16, January 1996.

206. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen and Y. Shamash, “On global stabilization of a chain of integrators subject to actuator saturation via linear feedback of saturated state measurement,” Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Singapore International

Conference on Intelligent Control and Instrumentation , Singapore, pp. 402–407, July 1995.

207. B. M. Chen, “A non-iterative method for the computation of the infimum and closed-form solution to a class of discrete-time H ∞ optimal control problem,” Proceedings of the First Asian Control Conference , Tokyo, Japan,

Vol. III, pp. 57–60, July 1994 (invited).

208. B. M. Chen and D. Z. Zheng, “Simultaneous finite and infinite zero assignments of linear systems,” Proceedings of the First Asian Control Conference , Tokyo, Japan, Vol. I, pp. 459–462, July 1994.

209. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Simultaneous H

2

/H

∞ optimal control for discrete time systems:

The state feedback case,” Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference , Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp. 2246–2250, June 1994.



∞ control problem with strictly proper measurement feedback,” Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference , Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp. 2241–2245, June 1994.

211. B. M. Chen and Y.-L. Chen, “Loop transfer recovery design via continuous time current type observer based controller,” Proceedings of the 32nd Conference on Decision and Control , San Antonio, Texas, USA, pp. 3345–


212. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and Y. Shamash, “Necessary and sufficient conditions under which a discrete time H

2

optimal control problem has a unique solution,” Proceedings of the 32nd Conference on Decision and Control ,

San Antonio, Texas, USA, pp. 805–810, December 1993.

213. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, Y. Shamash and P. Sannuti, “Construction and parameterization of all static and dynamic H

2

-optimal state feedback solutions for discrete time systems,” Proceedings of the 32nd Conference on

Decision and Control , San Antonio, Texas, USA, pp. 126–131, December 1993.


∞ feedback,” control problem with measurement

Systems and Networks: Mathematical Theory and Applications , Vol. II, Editors U. Helmke, R.

Mennicken, J. Saurer, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, Series: Mathematical Research, Vol. 79, pp. 497–502, 1994.

(Presented at the International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems , Regensburg,

Germany, August 1993)


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/ H


Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Triennial World Congress , Sydney, Australia, Volume 2, pp. 487–490, July 1993.

216. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and Y. Shamash, “A non-recursive method for solving the general discrete time algebraic

Riccati equation related to the H

∞ control problem,” Proceedings of the 1993 American Control Conference ,

San Francisco, California, USA, pp. 2649–2653, June 1993.


∞

-optimization problem (output feedback case),” Proceedings of the 31st Conference on Decision and Control , Tucson, Arizona, USA, pp. 2261–


218. B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, “Necessary and sufficient conditions under which an H

2

-optimal control problem has a unique solution,” Proceedings of the 31st Conference on Decision and Control , Tucson, Arizona, USA, pp. 1105–1110, December 1992.

219. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, “Explicit expressions for cascade factorizations of general non-strictly proper systems,” Proceedings of the 31st Conference on Decision and Control , Tucson, Arizona, USA, pp. 447–452,

December 1992.


H

2

-optimal state feedback solutions, optimal fixed modes and fixed decoupling zeros,” Proceedings of the 31st

Conference on Decision and Control , Tucson, Arizona, USA, pp. 419–424, December 1992.

221. Z. Lin, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “Linear systems toolbox: System analysis and control design in the MAT-

LAB environment,” Proceedings of the First IEEE Conference on Control Applications , Dayton, Ohio, USA, pp. 659–664, September 1992.


2

/ H


Proceedings of the 1992 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , Hilton Head, South Carolina,

USA, pp. 885–895, August 1992.


223. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and Y. Shamash, “Loop transfer recovery for general nonminimum phase discrete time systems; Part 2: Design,” Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois,

USA, pp. 3108–3112, June 1992.

224. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and Y. Shamash, “Loop transfer recovery for general nonminimum phase discrete time systems; Part 1: Analysis,” Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference , Chicago,

Illinois, USA, pp. 3101–3107, June 1992.

225. B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, “Non-iterative computation of the infimum in H ∞ -optimization for plants with invariant zeros on the jω axis,” Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois,

USA, pp. 1872–1875, June 1992.

226. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “Full and reduced order observer based controller design for H

2

optimization,” Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA, pp. 343–350,

June 1992.


H

2

-optimal state feedback solutions,” Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and

Systems , Princeton, New Jersey, USA, pp. 35–43, March 1992.

228. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “On blocking zeros and strong stabilizability of linear multivariable systems,” Proceedings of the 30th Conference on Decision and Control , Brighton, U.K., pp. 557–562, December

1991.

229. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “Necessary and sufficient conditions for a nonminimum phase plant to have a recoverable target loop — A stable compensator design for LTR,” Proceedings of the 30th Conference on Decision and Control , Brighton, U.K., pp. 248–249, December 1991.

230. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “A non-iterative method for computing the infimum in H ∞ -optimization,”

Proceedings of the 30th Conference on Decision and Control , Brighton, U.K., pp. 182–187, December 1991.


∞ -optimization problem,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing , Monticello, Illinois,

USA, pp. 74–83, October 1991.

232. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “Characterization of all closed-loop transfer function matrices in H

∞

-optimization,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and

Computing , Monticello, Illinois, USA, pp. 50–59, October 1991.

233. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Closed loop transfer recovery with observer based controllers; Part 2: Design,” Proceedings of the 1991 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , New Orleans, Louisiana,

USA, pp. 1110–1126, August 1991.

234. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Closed loop transfer recovery with observer based controllers; Part 1: Analysis,” Proceedings of the 1991 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , New Orleans, Louisiana,

USA, pp. 1095–1109, August 1991.

235. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “An exact algebraic solution of the infimum in H

∞

-optimization with output feedback,” Proceedings of the 1991 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , New Orleans,

Louisiana, USA, pp. 730–740, August 1991.


236. A. A. Stoorvogel, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, “A reduced order observer based controller design for H

∞

optimization,” Proceedings of the 1991 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference , New Orleans,

Louisiana, USA, pp. 716–722, August 1991.

237. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, U. Ly and Y. S. Ebrahimi, “Design of localizer capture and track hold for a transport airplane: An H ∞ /LTR approach,” Proceedings of the 29th Conference on Decision and Control

Hawaii, USA, pp. 3349–3350, December 1990.

, Honolulu,

238. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen and P. Sannuti, “Theory of LTR for nonminimum phase systems, recoverable target loops, recovery in a subspace; Part I: Analysis,” Proceedings of the 29th Conference on Decision and Control ,

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 2500–2505, December 1990.

239. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi, S. Bingulac and P. Sannuti, “Loop transfer recovery for non-strictly proper plants,” Proceedings of the 29th Conference on Decision and Control , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 1036–1041, December

1990.

240. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, “Exact computation of the infimum in H ∞ -optimization via state feedback,”

Proceedings of the 28th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing , Monticello,

Illinois, USA, pp. 745–754, October 1990.

241. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and P. Sannuti, “A new stable compensator design for exact and approximate loop transfer recovery,” Proceedings of the 1990 American Control Conference , San Diego, California, USA, pp. 812–

817, May 1990.

242. B. M. Chen, S. Bingulac and A. Saberi, “A C-A-D package for LTR design via asymptotic eigenstructure and time-scale structure assignment,” Proceedings of the 27th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication,

Control and Computing , Monticello, Illinois, USA, pp. 439–440, September 1989.

F. B

OOK

R

EVIEW

1. B. M. Chen, Title Reviewed, Robust Stabilization and H

∞ Problems , by V. Ionescu and A. Stoica, Kluwer

Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1999. Review Published in Automatica , Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 634–635,

April 2001 (U.K.).

G. E

DITORIALS

1. B. M. Chen, L. Xie and S. Banda, “Editorial: The Inaugural Issue of Unmanned Systems,” Unmanned Systems ,

Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1–2, July 2013 (Singapore).

2. K. Y. Lum and B. M. Chen, “Editorial: Special Issue on Measurement and Estimation for Unmanned Navigation,” Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control , Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 647–649, August 2011

(U.K.).

3. C. Chen, B. M. Chen and T. H. Lee, “Editorial: Special Issue on Development of Autonomous Unmanned

Aerial Vehicles,” Mechatronics , Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 763–764, August 2011 (U.K.).

4. B. M. Chen and G. Feng, “Editorial: Special Issue on Control Theory and Applications in Honor of the 60th

Birthday of Professor Frank L. Lewis,” Control Theory and Applications , Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 259–261, August

2010 (China).

5. I. K. Craig and B. M. Chen, “Guest Editorial: Special Issue for Papers Selected from the 2001 International

Conference on Control Theory and Applications,” The Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical

Engineers , Vol. 93, No. 2, p. 45, June 2002 (South Africa).


Software Development

1. X. L. Zheng and B. M. Chen, Toolkit for Technical Analysis of Stocks , A comprehensive toolkit with full graphic capacity in Matlab and Simulink, 2013.

2. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen, X. Liu, Linear Systems Toolkit , downloadable at http://linearsystemskit.net, 2004.

3. G. Cheng, B. M. Chen, T. H. Lee and K. Peng, Composite Nonlinear Feedback Control Toolkit , downloadable at http://www.bmchen.net, 2004.

4. B. M. Chen, Technical Analysis of Stock Markets , A Matlab Toolbox for Analyzing Financial Market Trends,

Singapore 1995-1999.

5. B. M. Chen, Linear Systems and Control Toolbox , Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1995.

6. B. M. Chen, A. Saberi and Z. Lin, Linear Control Toolbox , Washington State University Technical Report No.

EE/CS 0098, Pullman, Washington, USA, June 1991.

7. Z. Lin, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, Linear Systems Toolbox , Washington State University Technical Report

No. EE/CS 0097, Pullman, Washington, USA, June 1991 (Commercially Available through A.J. Control, Inc.,

Seattle, Washington, USA).

8. B. M. Chen, Software Manual for the Special Coordinate Basis of Multivariable Linear Systems , Washington State University Technical Report No. ECE 0094, Pullman, Washington, USA, November 1988.

Funded Research Projects

1.

Onboard 3-Dimensional Navigation System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Unknown and Realistic Indoor

Environments , Defence Innovative Research Program (DIRP), Future Systems and Technology Directorate

(FSTD), 2015–2019, S$1,668,000.

2.

Navigation and Control of MAVs in Indoor and Outdoor Cluttered Environments , DSO National Laboratories,

2014–2016, S$492,000.

3.

Fruit Dove UAV Control , Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, 2014–2016, S$150,000.

4.

Optimal Coverage and Surveillance Using Cooperative Planning and Control of UAVs , with C. Xiang (PI),

T. H. Lee, C. Chen, W. Kang and O. Yakimenko, Temasek Defence Systems Institute, National University of

Singapore, 2013–2016, S$300,000.

5.

Investigation of Navigation Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Outdoor Cluttered Environments , with

T. H. Lee, C. Chen and O. Yakimenko, Temasek Defence Systems Institute, National University of Singapore,

2012–2015, S$300,000.

6.

Special Project for DARPA UAVForge Competition , DSO National Laboratories, Jan.–May 2012, S$230,040.

7.

Development of Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles , with T. H. Lee and P. Tan, DSO National Laboratories,

2011–2013, S$625,800.

8.

Optimal Motion Planning in Obstacle-Rich Environment , with W. Kang (PI, Naval Postgraduate School, USA),

Temasek Defence Systems Institute, National University of Singapore, 2010–2013, US$148,521.


9.

Development of a Sophisticated 3D Indoor Navigation System for UAVs , with H. Lin and T. H. Lee, Temasek

Defence Systems Institute, National University of Singapore, 2009–2012, S$300,000.

10.

Development of Multi-UAV Testbeds and Vision-Based Navigation and Motion Coordination , with K. Y. Lum and K. Peng, Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, 2009–2013, S$200,000.

11.

Cooperative Reconfiguration Control for Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles , with H. Lin (PI), T. H. Lee and

C. Chen, Temasek Defence Systems Institute, National University of Singapore, 2008–2011, S$300,000.

12.

Technologies to Lead Unmanned Air Vehicles via Manned Air Vehicles , with T. H. Lee and R. Teo, Temasek

Defence Systems Institute, National University of Singapore, 2007–2010, S$300,000.

13.

Nonlinear Flight Model Identification & Control for Vertical Take-off and Landing UAV in Formation , with

K. Y. Lum and K. Peng, Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, 2007–2009, S$100,000.

14.

Nonlinear Control of Unmanned Flying Vehicles , Defence Science & Technology Agency, Singapore, 2003–

2006, S$700,000.

15.

Compensation of Friction in Hard Disk Drives , with T. H. Lee, National University of Singapore, 2003–2005,

S$130,432.

16.

Virtual Reality Interface for Web-Based Remote Experimentation , with C. C. Ko (PI), Singapore Advanced

Research & Education Network (SingAREN), 2001–2003, S$336,000.

17.

Dual Stage Servo System for Hard Disk Drives , with T. H. Lee and G. Guo, National University of Singapore,

2000–2004, S$312,175.

18.

Web-based Virtual Laboratory , with C. C. Ko (PI), National University of Singapore, 1998–2000, S$174,650.

19.

Dual Actuator Control System for Read/Write Head Actuation in Rotating Memory Devices , with Siri Weerasooriya and Lee Tong Heng, National University of Singapore, 1996–1999, S$178,000.

20.

Gain Scheduling for Robust Controllers in Flight Control Systems , with Lee Tong Heng and Poh Eng Kee,

Defence Science Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Singapore, 1994–1995, S$5,000.

PhD Students Supervised/Co-Supervised

1. Yu Herng Tan, PhD, on-going

2. Xiaodong Liu, PhD, on-going

3. Hongyu Tian, PhD, on-going

4. Menglu Lan, PhD (NGS Scholar), on-going

5. Jiaxin Li, PhD (NGS Scholar), on-going

6. Yingcai Bi, PhD (NGS Scholar), on-going

7. Yijie Ke, PhD, on-going

8. Kangli Wang, PhD (President Fellow), on-going

9. Zhi Qiao, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2016


10. Shupeng Lai, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2016

11. Limiao Bai, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2016

12. Kun Li, PhD, 2015

13. Jinqiang Cui, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2015

14. Kevin Ang, PhD (DSO Scholar), 2015

15. Swee King Phang, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2014

16. Shiyu Zhao, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2014

17. Fei Wang, PhD (NGS Scholar), 2014

18. Xiaoyang Li, PhD, 2013

19. Ali Karimoddini, PhD, 2013

20. Xiaomeng Liu, PhD, 2013

21. Yajun Sun, PhD, 2013

22. Xiaolian Zheng, PhD, 2012

23. Xiangxu Dong, PhD, 2012

24. Feng Lin, PhD, 2011

25. Ben Yun, PhD, 2010

26. Guowei Cai, PhD, 2009

27. Chin-Kwan Thum, PhD, 2009

28. Chee-Khiang Pang, PhD, 2007

29. Guoyang Cheng, PhD, 2006

30. Yingjie He, PhD, 2006

31. Shijian Lu, PhD, 2005

32. Minghua He, PhD, 2003

33. Zhongming Li, PhD, 2003

34. Jianping Chen, PhD, 2003

35. Venkatakrishnan Venkataramanan, PhD, 2002

36. Kexiu Liu, PhD, 2001

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Master of Engineering Students Supervised/Co-Supervised

1. Hailong Qin, Master of Engineering, on-going

2. Tao Pang, Master of Engineering, 2016

3. Peidong Liu, Master of Engineering, 2015

4. Remus Chua, Master of Engineering, 2003

5. Chao Wu, Master of Engineering, 2003

6. Guowen Zeng, Master of Engineering, 2001

7. Xinmin Liu, Master of Engineering, 2000

8. Chen Lin, Master of Engineering, 2000

9. Shihong Chen, Master of Engineering, 2000

10. Teck-Beng Goh, Master of Engineering, 1999

11. Feng Gu, Master of Engineering, 1999

12. Lan Wang, Master of Engineering, 1998

13. Xiaoping Hu, Master of Engineering, 1998

14. Boon-Choy Siew, Master of Engineering, 1997

15. Jun He, Master of Engineering, 1997

16. Yi Guo, Master of Engineering, 1996

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses Taught

1.

Introduction to Control Systems , Washington State University, Course Level: 4th Year

2.

Linear Systems , State University of New York, Stony Brook, Course Level: Master/PhD

3.

Optimal Control , State University of New York, Stony Brook, Course Level: Master/PhD

4.

Computer Control Systems , National University of Singapore, Course Level: Master/PhD

5.

Control Systems I , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 4th Year

6.

Optimal Control Systems , National University of Singapore, Course Level: Master/PhD

7.

Electrical Engineering (Circuits) , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 1st Year

8.

Engineering Mathematics III , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 2nd Year

9.

Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 3rd Year

10.

Control Systems , National University of Singapore, Course Level: Postgraduate Diploma Course

11.

Circuits , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 2nd Year

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12.

Digital Control Systems , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 3rd Year

13.

Multivariable Control Systems , National University of Singapore, Course Level: Master/PhD

14.

Analytical Methods in ECE , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 2nd Year

15.

EE Foundation , National University of Singapore, Course Level: Pre-admission

16.

Electrical Engineering (Applications) , National University of Singapore, Course Level: 1st Year

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⋆ ⋆ ⋆ For information on my international conference activities, invited talks, workshops, short courses, and other activities, please visit my personal website at http://uav.ece.nus.edu.sg/˜bmchen/ .

Curriculum Vitae - NUS UAV - National University of Singapore

Ben M. Chen

Education

Professional Experience

Research Interests

Membership in Professional Societies

Awards & Honors

Awards Won by My UAV Research Teams and Students

Editorial Work

Keynote, Plenary and Invited Speakers

Plenary Panelists at International Conferences

Publications

Software Development

Funded Research Projects

PhD Students Supervised/Co-Supervised

Master of Engineering Students Supervised/Co-Supervised

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses Taught

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